Secrets Of The Great Golf Course Architects

Author : Michael Shiels
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602393265
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects written by Michael Shiels and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers readers behind-the-scenes tales from Americas master architects themselves in their own words. Elite designers such as Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Arthur Hills, Arnold Palmer, and others share their personal anecdotes related to the creation of some of the worlds most famous courses: from run-ins with snakes to bulldozers sinking in quicksand, to holes created by accident, such as the famed island green 17th at the TPC at Sawgrass.

Author : Michael J. Hurdzan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471465313
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golf Course Architecture written by Michael J. Hurdzan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. Revealing both the art and science of golf course architecture, it takes readers inside the designer’s mind through each step to designing a golf green, golf hole, and golf course. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses. Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition provides a wealth of accessible and helpful information on golf course architecture chronicling every facet of designing, building, renovating, and restoring a golf course.

Author : Jim Hartsell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781956237009
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Home of Golf written by Jim Hartsell and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Coventry House Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Links written by Robert Hunter and published by Coventry House Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of architectural literature, "The Links" is the first book that fully addresses the complexities of the golf course in terms of design, construction, and definition of the game. Written in 1926, Robert Hunter conceptualized "The Links" as a complete study, a manual for golf course architects and design enthusiasts, specifically written to advance the field of study in a way that had never been tried before. Although Hunter was not a golf course architect by trade, or even a golfing professional, his background as a dedicated socialist reformer led to his unique understanding of the relationship between golf and its greater contribution to society. The challenges posed by golf, as well as the beauty produced by the singular nature of the world’s most famous links, led Hunter to conclude that diversity is what makes golf the cherished game that it is. In "The Links," he postulates, “It is not the love of something easy which has drawn men like a magnet for hundreds of years to this royal and ancient pastime; on the contrary, it is the maddening difficulty of it.” Supported by over fifty photographs and original drawings, "The Links" details the essential features of an ideal golf course and provides insight into the strategies and methods used to design the world’s most renowned courses. As acclaimed architect Dr. Alister MacKenzie wrote, “I have read "The Links" with the greatest interest. Mr. Hunter is familiar with all the great courses in the world and he has written a most entertaining book, which I am sure every golfer will read with profit. I do not hesitate to say that it is the classic of the subject.”

Author : Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golf Architecture written by Alexander Mackenzie and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1920 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by H. S. Colt.

Author : Geoffrey S. Cornish
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architects of Golf written by Geoffrey S. Cornish and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of golf course development, profiles golf course designers, and lists golf courses.

Author : Tom Coyne
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476754292
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Course Called Scotland written by Tom Coyne and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “One of the best golf books this century.” —Golf Digest Tom Coyne’s A Course Called Scotland is a heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game he loves. For much of his adult life, bestselling author Tom Coyne has been chasing a golf ball around the globe. When he was in college, studying abroad in London, he entered the lottery for a prized tee time in Scotland, grabbing his clubs and jumping the train to St. Andrews as his friends partied in Amsterdam; later, he golfed the entirety of Ireland’s coastline, chased pros through the mini-tours, and attended grueling Qualifying Schools in Australia, Canada, and Latin America. Yet, as he watched the greats compete, he felt something was missing. Then one day a friend suggested he attempt to play every links course in Scotland and qualify for the greatest championship in golf. The result is A Course Called Scotland, “a fast-moving, insightful, often funny travelogue encompassing the width of much of the British Isles” (GolfWeek), including St. Andrews, Turnberry, Dornoch, Prestwick, Troon, and Carnoustie. With his signature blend of storytelling, humor, history, and insight, Coyne weaves together his “witty and charming” (Publishers Weekly) journey to more than 100 legendary courses in Scotland with compelling threads of golf history and insights into the contemporary home of golf. As he journeys Scotland in search of the game’s secrets, he discovers new and old friends, rediscovers the peace and power of the sport, and, most importantly, reaffirms the ultimate connection between the game and the soul. It is “a must-read” (Golf Advisor) rollicking love letter to Scotland and golf as no one has attempted it before.

Author : Robert Muir Graves
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471137849
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golf Course Design written by Robert Muir Graves and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-07-23 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zwei der berühmtesten Golfplatzarchitekten aller Zeiten beantworten Ihnen hier jede erdenkliche Frage zum Thema der Gestaltung von Golfplätzen - von der Finanzierung über die Lage der Löcher und die Wartung des Rasens bis hin zur Entwicklung und Veränderung vorhandener Anlagen. Eine Fundgrube nicht nur für Landschaftsgestalter, sondern auch für interessierte Golfer!

Author : Dr. Michael J. Hurdzan
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9781886947016
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golf Course Architecture written by Dr. Michael J. Hurdzan and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-01-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described as "the modern bible of golf architecture," this text distills Dr. Hurdzan's 30 years of knowledge and experience into one source. Beautifully illustrated with 326 color photographs, and 80 course maps and drawings, it chronicles all facets of designing, building, renovating and restoring a golf course. This single source provides a wealth of understandable and useful information on golf architecture from its earliest beginnings with Old Tom Morris to modern architectural design. Its readable style and varied illustrations make it a perfect reference for golf enthusiasts, green committees, green chairman, builders and developers, as well as superintendents, golf professionals and course managers. Dr. Hurdzan reveals both the art and science of golf course architecture, and takes you inside the designer's mind as he leads you through each step in designing a golf green, golf hole and golf course. Dr. Hurdzan explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty, how the landscape communicates, and the recreational process that inexorably links the golfer to the golf course. Golf Course Architecture is also practical in nature. It explains tee, green and bunker construction, turfgrass establishment ad maturation, as well as drainage and irrigation trends and techniques. Dr. Hurdzan is refreshingly frank in his discussion of golf and the environment and golf course improvement and restoration. Recognized by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America for its value to the profession, profits from this timeless text will support the GCSAA Foundation for its valuable support of research, scholarship, historical preservation and environmental awareness. If the golf course is important to you this book is must reading.

Author : Robert Muir Graves
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047143129X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic Golf Hole Design written by Robert Muir Graves and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Bau von Golfanlagen boomt nicht nur in den USA und Asien, sondern weltweit. "Classic Golf Holfe Design" ist ein praktischer Ratgeber für Landschaftsarchitekten und andere Fachleute, die in die Gestaltung oder Umgestaltung von Golfplätzen involviert sind. Jedes "klassische Loch" wird aus Designerperspektive genau beschrieben, und zwar u.a. im Hinblick auf grundlegendes Lochdesign, Wartung und Pflege sowie auf seine Auswirkungen für das Golfspiel selbst. Zu jedem "klassischen Loch" gibt es jeweils drei Musterbeispiele, die anschaulich demonstrieren, inwieweit welches Muster für eine Neuanlage geeignet sind. Die Autoren Graves und Cornish sind beide ehemalige Präsidenten der American Society of Golf Course Architects und zählen zu den berühmtesten und angesehensten Golfplatzarchitekten Amerikas. Sie haben zusammen über 1.000 Golfplätze entworfen oder umgestaltet und über 60 Seminare zum Thema Golfplatzdesign gehalten.