French Lick, IN  - French Lick Resort, located in southern Indiana, invites golf aficionados to experience one of the premier golf destinations in America this summer and book one of the new summer golf package opportunities now available.

By Chuck Miller, "The Traveling Guy"

In August of this year, Fiji will play host to the prestigious Asian Pacific Golf Confederation Team Championship.  The tournament, played every two years since its inception in 1962, will be making its first stop in Fiji. As many as 20-30 four-man teams of top ranked amateur golfers from Asia and South Pacific countries will compete.  As of this writing, in addition to host Fiji, Australia, Bangladesh, Cook Islands, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan and Thailand have confirmed their desire to send teams.

Over the years I have been fortunate to have traveled to all seven continents and 70 countries around the world. One country I had always hoped to visit, but never had, was the South Pacific island nation of Fiji.  When a chance introduction to members of Tourism Fiji opened up an opportunity for me to visit Fiji recently, I jumped at the chance.

Key West has this perception of being weird, wild and simply offbeat. Indeed, it does possess these characteristics, but it is so much more! Be it a tropical retreat for some or a water sports destination for others, Key West has it all and then some.

Halfway through a tour of Chateau Roztez our host ushers us into the intimate chapel and smiles as our jaws hit the floor (and not for the first time). 'We have two churches here,' our host says in a whisper. 'This is our church of religion. Outside you will see that our designer Robin Hiseman has created a cathedral of golf.'

For those in looking to get in some golf this summer , there is no better place to travel to than Delray Beach, home to The Seagate Hotel & Spa. With the new Sea To Shining Green Golf Package, the stylish luxury hotel and spa located steps from Atlantic sands has teamed with nearby Polo Trace Golf Club to offer a perfect little golf getaway for couples that really know how to swing.

Why would anyone want to play the same golf course over and over again? Now, if we’re talking Augusta National, Cypress Point, Pine Valley, Muirfield and the like, I can understand it.

Perhaps couples golf trips are on the rise. Maybe more wives are accompanying their husbands on what were formerly guys-only golf junkets. Possibly the aging Baby Boomer population needs to work out the kinks caused by the 36-holes-a-day golf regimen, in concert with ever-increasing travel hassles.

In the old days the trick-your-eye greens of The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs were challenge enough for major championships like the 1959 U.S. Amateur won by Jack Nicklaus, the 1982 U.S. Women’s Amateur taken by Juli Inkster, or the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open won by Annika Sorenstam. But in today’s world of long-hitting technology and conditioned athletes, this summer’s 2008 U.S. Senior Open Championship has decided to add another wrinkle - fairways so narrow, about 28 yards on some par fours and fives, you might want to bring a pool cue.

Well, my wife was right again. A few years back, we visited The Big Island of Hawaii and I, of course, wanted all the bells and whistles of the swankest hotels on the island.  My wife, on the other hand, preferred the old charm of Hawaii and wanted to chill on a beach at a hotel that reminded her of Hawaii of years past.