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Elisa Gaudet

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Elisa Gaudet
Elisa Gaudet Headshot
Born	Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American (French Canadian & Italian)
Occupation(s)	Correspondent, Writer
Known for	Two Good Rounds(book), On the Lip (sports column)
Awards	2011 - ING Media Award (Travel) 2012 - ING Media Awards (Multiple) 2012 - 'Next Big Zing' Award

Elisa A. Gaudet is an American lifestyle correspondent, award winning writer, and entrepreneur specializing in the Golf industry. Her first book: Two Good Rounds - 19th Hole Stories from the World’s Greatest Golfers was published in December, 2011 and chronicles the "19th hole" behaviors of several well-known professional golfers. She is also known for her syndicated sports column and blog "On The Lip" from which, articles have been selected for publication in The Huffington Post, New England Golf Monthly, Florida Golf Central and a number of other media outlets since 2003.

Early Life & Career

Born in Arlington, Massachusetts to parents Paul and Marie Gaudet - Elisa began golfing at the age of fourteen. After High School she attended George Mason University and received an undergraduate degree in English Writing and Art History. Gaudet then went on to enroll in graduate studies at Stanford in International Policy but left after two semesters to pursue a full time modeling career. During this time she studied and lived abroad extensively including course studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and Imperial College in London as well as time spent modeling in Capetown, South Africa and Tokyo, Japan. In 2000, Elisa began working for the Tour de las Américas and went on to work for the PGA Tour in 2001. In 2003, she founded her own consulting firm Executive Golf International specializing in golf industry marketing, strategic partnerships, and promotions. It was at this time that she also began her ongoing blog and industry column "On The Lip." Since the mid 90's Gaudet has been featured in numerous print and television ads as a model and spokeswoman, and she also played the character of Anne Isley in the television show Nash Bridges starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin. She resides alternately between New York City, and Palm Beach, Florida.

Two Good Rounds

The title of her first book and subsequent -Golf & Lifestyle- website "Two Good Rounds," refers to the camaraderie and inherent social nature of the the golfing community. These social interactions between friends who are paradoxically, often competitors, drove Gaudet to begin conducting some of her initial interviews and research during her time with the PGA Tour. Upon publication, in December, 2011 Two Good Rounds - 19th Hole Stories from the World’s Greatest Golfers it featured personal experiences and stories from 36 career members of the Professional Golf Tours. In it's pages some of the greatest golfers of all time share some of their fondest memories of friendship, libations, and celebrations including Arnold Palmer, Ernie Els, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Furyk, Nancy Lopez, Annika Sorenstam and Natalie Gulbis.

Two Good Rounds - Logo

The following is an excerpt from the Jack Nicklaus chapter of Two Good Rounds:.

"If I had a favorite story, it might be the wig story, with Arnold Palmer in Palm Springs. That might be one story more people have enjoyed than any I can recall. Back in the 1960s and 70s, it was common for clubs to hold jam sessions after tournament play. Many times these would be in the clubhouse of the host venue. At the Bob Hope in Palm Springs, they frequently had these sessions after the tournament, which was a lot of fun. All the golfers, musicians and celebrities would gather and just jam. People would just get up and sing. There was music going all the time and people were dancing. It’s kind of like what Vince Gill does each year at his charity tournament. Well, one year in Palm Springs—I believe it was 1972—I remember Arnold and I were at this one particular jam session. We both got up to go to the bathroom, and on our way back, we accidentally brushed up against this lady with a wig on. I’m not sure if it was Arnold or me who brushed her, but we knocked her wig off. One of us picked it up and put it on the other’s head and we went straight to the dance floor and started dancing. The poor girl had to have been mortified. Out of that came this famous photo of me wearing the wig while we were dancing. Well, I am not sure who was wearing the wig when we were dancing. I think one of us put it on and then we traded. So there might be several photos out there. Those jam sessions were always a lot of fun. We used to do it at a lot of places, like the Crosby and the Hope. And many of those took place in the clubhouse. Those are the kind of things we used to do.I guess you could say I don’t have a special place, but I have a lot of special memories from a lot of places where we played tournaments and then gathered afterwards. Sometimes it was just the guys getting together and sometimes you would bring your wife. It was just good fun. Those days reflected the true social nature of golf."

It also includes Arnold Palmer's favorite places to enjoy his eponymous “Half and Half” (half unsweetened ice tea and half lemonade), and a late night celebration for Ernie Els hosted by Nick Price at the Historic Jigger Inn next to the Old Course Hotel of St. Andrews among many other anecdotes such as the old tradition of players buying everyone in the clubhouse a round of drinks after a hole in one. Although not exclusively about drinking, many of the 19th hole experiences shared and experienced by Gaudet involved Country Club or "Clubhouse" bars, or other celebratory watering holes which accounts for the martini glass in the Two Good Rounds logo (above). In addition to the book, Gaudet's lifestyle website TwoGoodRounds.com offers merchandise including tote bags, flasks, and hats, as well as a destination management tab entitled "Golf TRIPS" offering exclusive golf travel packages that combine the best of golf and lifestyle activities in each location.

Executive Golf International

Executive Golf International is a full service strategic consulting firm founded by Gauedet in 2003 meant to leverage the connections she had made in the many different areas of the golf industry during her career. Over the past 10 years Gaudet has been involved in a great many projects through Executive Golf International including the representation of golf course designers, tournament planning, strategic events, and the marketing of lifestyle brands to both the professional and amateur golfing community. Clients have included the Country of the Dominican Republic, Greg Norman Golf Course Design, Ernie Els Golf Course Design, the OHL Classic at Mayakoba (PGA Tour event), and the LeaderBoard/Stuart Appleby World Amateur Golf Tournament, Tail, USO, Errol Estate Golf and Country Club, and the Lee Westwood Golf School.

Memberships

• USGA
• 85 Broads
• Ladies Who Launch
• MET Golf Writers
• EWGA (Executive Woman’s Golf Association)
• GWAA (Golf Writers Association of America)
• IGTWA (International Golf Travel Writers Association)
• ING (International Network of Golf)
• WGANJ (Woman’s Golf Association of New Jersey)
• WISE (Women in Sports & Events)