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...While his wife stayed at home with their son and daughter, "I basically worked every Saturday, and some Sundays," he says. "It's one of the biggest regrets of my life." After his department switched to the new system, he started taking an afternoon here and there to play golf. He went to Special Persons Day at his grandson's school. If things had been different, "I probably would have been a better father and husband, and a better manager," he says. "I'm doing this so other people do not do what I did wrong...
Tasmania has long been known for its beaches, not its golf. But having opened on the island's northern coast last December, Barnbougle Dunes is already considered one of Australia's top courses, drawing planeloads of new travelers to its sandy hills. As international developers look farther and farther afield at exotic settings for new world-class sites, Tasmania is one of the surprising places attracting growing interest from golfers worldwide. "Ten years ago, the concept of Barnbougle Dunes would have been laughed at," says Tom Doak, its designer, "because there had never been a course in a remote...
...than one a day, on average, ranging in construction cost from Barnbougle's bargain $2 million to luxurious $50 million projects in places like Barbados. "There's a great demand from golfers looking for new and interesting courses around the world," says Bill Hogan, president of Wide World of Golf (WWG), a purveyor of luxury golf trips. "They've done Scotland and Ireland, and now they want something new, so they're reaching out to places like China, Sweden and Australia...
Sparked by the increasing popularity of golf travel, WWG has been averaging a 17% growth rate for several years. At prices ranging from $1,000 for a weekend at Pebble Beach to $40,000 for a country-hopping golf extravaganza, 500 groups traveled on the company's exotic tours in 2004--double the number of those taking such trips...
...amid giraffes and rhinos, with colorful birds overhead. The Middle East is another hot spot for luxury locales, especially in places like Dubai. "They realize their oil is going to run out and they need something to fall back on," says Hogan, "So they've gotten serious about building golf resorts...