Golf travel expert Edward "Ed" Schmidt Jr. recently debuted his new blog www.thegolftravelguru.blogspot.com to help golf-loving travelers.

Golf travel tips, money saving suggestions, destination overviews, opinions and on-location, up-to-the-hour posts are main features of the blog. Check out Schmidt's recent posts about where Tiger Woods might go on vacation, his Top 10 Golf Resorts and Top 10 Scenic Courses.

Widely recognized as one of the industry's foremost experts on golf travel, Schmidt has authored three books and written more than 2,000 articles and columns for national and international publications and websites. Schmidt is travel editor for PGA Tour Partners Magazine and golf editor for Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine.

In a 24-year career, Schmidt's research treks for golf travel stories have taken him to obligatory golf meccas like St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, Phoenix, Palm Springs, Hilton Head Island and Myrtle Beach and exotic locales around the world like China, Kenya, Tunisia, Morocco, the Canary Islands, Bermuda, Argentina and Yugoslavia.