The Jeff Brauer-designed Quarry at Giants Ridge in Biwabik, Minn., has been named by Golf Digest as the Best New Upscale Public Course for 2004.

Grigg Brothers introduces Green Spec, a new homogeneous granular line of fertilizers.

GolfPsych, a golf mental-game services firm, announces the 2005 schedule for its Tournament Player Schools, the only golf academies dedicated solely to enhancing mental-game skills.

Graphite Design International shafts were in the drivers and fairway woods of 10 winners on the Japan PGA Tour this year, according to the Darrell Survey.

About.com Golf announces its Best of 2004 new equipment rankings.

Richard Green won the Mastercard Masters at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday and moved up 18 places in the Official World Ranking to No. 63.

Nike's Ignite 460cc driver will be the club used by competitors in the longest-drive competition at the London Golf Show, to be held at the ExCel Centre, London, April 21-24.

Shingle Creek Golf Club, the championship David Harman-designed golf course in Orlando, Fla. opens a Player Development Studio for the Brad Brewer Golf Academy.

Proderma announces it will introduce its new, safe and highly effective Bugscreen Insect Repellant at the 2005 PGA Merchandise Show, Jan. 2730 in Orlando, Fla.

By Rich Steck & Judi Janofsky
wheretogonext.com

If you're driving I-75 south for a winter or spring getaway, here's a great idea: take guide book writer Dave Hunter with you.

Well, not Dave himself, but his newest (13th) edition of "Along I-75." If there's anything you need to know, it's probably inside. Stay a page ahead and you can turn the tedium of the road into an opportunity for adventure.

For example, there's a mile-by-mile story section filled with interesting trivia and little-known history. Like where and when the construction of I-75 began. Or how a cotton gin works.

When you need a break from driving, Dave has some new discoveries just minutes from the highway. Like a recently opened, world-class museum housing a national treasure, the Presidents' Gallery. Or a frontier trading post where you can still buy gunflints, arrows and 18th century clothes. Then there's always the German Bierhaus where your adult passengers can sample authentic "biers" brewed on the premises by a Munich biermeister, then join in traditional brew house fun and good times.

Of course, all of the exit information-rest stops, restaurants, service stations, etc.-is pinpoint accurate. "Along I-75" also includes reliable information about construction zones, speed traps and exit changes. For instance, on a stretch in Monroe County, Georgia, Dave warns: "This next stretch of I-75 through Forsyth is very heavily policed for speeding infractions. Set your cruise control at 65 mph."

While compiling the information for this new edition, Hunter kept careful count of all the changes in I-75 gas, food and lodging exit services since the 2004 edition - 526 changes along the interstate.

Since where to eat is always a factor, you'll be happy to know that this new edition features more information about "local" restaurants-those that only the locals know.

The information is less than six-weeks-old at the time of publication. Updates-current I-75 gas prices, weekly construction reports, construction-free detours, etc., including state-wide Florida vacation information - are available on the book's web site: www.i75online.com.

Since high gas prices seem to be on every driver's mind, Dave decided to analyze pump prices along I-75. He found some great "fill-up" spots and marked them on the 25-mile-per-page colored maps with a special "lower gas price" symbol. He also decided to compare prices across the borders of adjacent states, and even between regions within the same state. While in KY for instance, wouldn't you like to know whether you should fill up in Lexington or wait until you reach London/Corbin, eighty miles to your south? Dave found some significant differences.

Have a nicer drive. Take Dave with you.