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David Wood

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David Wood - author of Around the World in 80 Rounds, Keynote Speaker, Adventurer While circumnavigating the globe en route from the southernmost to northernmost golf courses on Earth – Ushuaia, Argentina to Tromso, Norway – author David Wood relied on a wide array of conveyance. Trains, planes, cars, vans, buses, ferries, jeeps, two camels with extreme halitosis and one ornery elephant hauled Wood and his golf clubs to courses in 26 counties and over 60,000 miles. The result was his book, Around the World in 80 Rounds, called “laugh out loud funny” by golf analyst Bobby Clampett. Wood played on the world’s most extreme golf courses: the highest in La Paz, Bolivia; the driest at the edge of the Atacama Desert in Arica, Chile; and the hottest in Alice Springs, Australia. His favorite golfing locals were China’s Spring City, Royal Nepal and Elephant Hills in Zimbabwe. Wood says he learned the true value of patience over his year of traveling as he frequently found himself hopelessly lost and stranded. He also suffered ghastly food poisoning in India and Egypt, severe altitude sickness when crossing the Andes and was arrested in Ukraine for not having a proper visa. Civil wars in Bolivia and Nepal provided additional hazards. “It wasn’t exactly a golf weekend in Myrtle Beach,” says Wood. Wood is a former comedian with several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. Around the World in 80 Rounds is available in hardback, paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com.
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    • Around the World in 80 Rounds

    • Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun
    • Written by: David Wood
    • Narrated by: David Wood
    • Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 2008-05-15
    • Language: English
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