Here’s an idea for a modest but engaging golf tour – a road trip through New England. Part of it anyway – the western and southern half, with stopovers at fine public courses in the Hartford area, the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts and Vermont’s Green Mountain region. Along with the de
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Veteran golf travel, history and architecture journalist, Bradley S. Klein has written more than 1,500 feature articles on course architecture, resort travel, golf course development, golf history and the media for such other publications as Golfweek, Golf Digest, Financial Times, New York Times and Sports Illustrated. He has published seven books on golf architecture and history, including Discovering Donald Ross, winner of the USGA 2001 International Book Award. In 2015, Klein won the Donald Ross Award for lifetime achievement from the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Follow Brad on Twitter
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