Two Good Rounds Golf Book Launches With Rat Pack Inspired Party at Golfsmith NYC

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Dec 08, 2011, 01:05 ET

NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With a glowing review on Cybergolf.com and a segment on Good Day New York on Monday, Two Good Rounds is off to a running start! Author Elisa Gaudet celebrated the book's launch at Golfsmith in Manhattan last night with 260 guests in attendance, including former New York Giants Defensive Back Perry Williams. Guests enjoyed many of the drinks the PGA Tour pros listed as their favorites including Arnold Palmer's favorite Ketel One on the rocks and Arizona's Arnold Palmer iced tea, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell's favorite Guinness, and Jim Furyk and Chi Chi Rodriguez's favorite Johnnie Walker. This red carpet affair converted the 54th street Golfsmith into a cocktail lounge complete with a live Sinatra singer and old black and white photos of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones.

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Great for a holiday gift, Two Good Rounds – 19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers, (a round of golf and a round of drinks) combines golf, cocktails and 19th hole stories from 36 of the top PGA Tour Pro golfers. From a cold Heineken at The Tap Room at Pebble Beach Lodge in Pebble Beach, California, to a smooth Ketel One at the Royal Birkdale Club in England, or a fine wine at the Partridge Inn in Augusta, Georgia, Two Good Rounds (December 2011) is an international tribute to golfers and golf lifestyle off the course. In each chapter, Elisa Gaudet, former actress and founding partner of Executive Golf International, asks 36 of the top golfers in the world five questions:

What is your favorite drink?
What is your favorite 19th hole?
A favorite 19th hole memory?
Did you ever make a hole in one?
Did you buy the clubhouse a drink?

Gaudet's interviews with Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Ernie Els, Natalie Gulbis, Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald, Jim Furyk, Christina Kim, Graeme McDowell and many others yield a wide array of stories, from raucous celebrations after a win to heartfelt memories of childhoods spent playing golf with family. Learn the preferred drinks of top players, such as Vijay Singh (who loves a margarita when the game is over), and hear stories from Jack Nicklaus about golfing in the 60's and 70's at the Bob Hope including the wig story. Relive the best times had with the biggest names in golf. Visit legendary courses like Pinehurst and get a peek inside the most elite golf clubs across the world.

About the Author
Elisa Gaudet is a founding partner of Executive Golf International. She has been working in the golf industry for over ten years including working for the PGA Tour and Tour de las Americas. She founded Two Good Rounds (www.twogoodrounds.com) in 2011. Elisa has also appeared on numerous radio and TV programs and has been a guest speaker on a variety of golf topics. She splits her time between New York City and Miami.

To request a review copy of Two Good Rounds, please contact:
Nina Boutsikaris / 212 643 6816 x 233 / [email protected]

Two Good Rounds
19th Hole Stories from the World's Greatest Golfers
By Elisa Gaudet
Skyhorse Publishing Hardcover
On Sale: December 2011
ISBN: 978-1-61608-641-1
Price: $19.95

SOURCE Skyhorse Publishing