Eric Conrad highlights Maine’s public golf courses in new book

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Eric Conrad, a longtime Maine journalist, editor and communications professional who has worked at newspapers around the state, is putting the spotlight on some of Maine’s fairways in his book “Maine Golf Tales: 18 Special Courses and the Stories Behind Them.”

Summary:

“This full-color book includes 18 chapters featuring 18 public courses, geographically spread across Maine. The chapters are distinct to each course, uncovering stories about the courses themselves, ranging from history in the early 20th Century to poignant stories from today. Each chapter is accompanied by an article where a local expert analyzes the course’s most challenging hole, and by a sidebar about the author’s experience while playing and visiting. Maine Golf Tales appeals to golfers and non-golfers alike. There has never been a golf book like this, in Maine or elsewhere.”

“As I turned 60 and had time to play more golf, I kept hearing stories about Maine’s golf courses: How one course was founded by, at the time, the world’s most famous psychotherapist. How a billionaire Maine icon built another course as part of his bucket list. How the state’s most prominent golf instructor overcame personal tragedy to get where she is today,” said Conrad. “The stories are what inspired me. Golf in Maine is a great, fun game played in our diverse and beautiful outdoors. But I wanted to tell these stories most of all.”

“Maine Golf Tales: 18 Special Courses and the Stories Behind Them” can be found at Reny’s department stores; Sherman’s Coastal Bookstores; Portland International Jetport; Books a Million, the Art Walk in Winthrop; online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart; and at select golf pro shops throughout the state.