Monthly Archive, July 2011

Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science that Forms the Golf Journey

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Filled with advice, tips, strategies, and problem-solving techniques from some of the leading figures in golf architecture, Routing the Golf Course provides unique insight into the most essential phase of designing a golf course. Coverage includes material on all aspects of planning a golf course such as site evaluation; environmental conditions; programming; and financial, psychological, and strategic game considerations. This nuts-and-bolts information is balanced with anecdotal, real-life experiences from guest essayists such as land planner Gil Martinez, environmental psychologist Dr. Edward Sadalla, and golf course architect Arthur Jack Snyder. Also featured is an interview with longtime professional golfer and broadcaster Peter Oosterhuis, who also provides the foreword.

This book is divided into four key parts. “The Opening” begins with a brief history of routing, including the influence of St. Andrews, and continues with insightful examinations of the components that make up different courses. “Making the Turn” contains chapters on essential routing information such as the “rules” of routing, safety considerations, and methods for fitting holes together. “The Heart of the Course” explores the hands-on process of creating routing plans and is enhanced with words of wisdom from renowned golf course architects Pete Dye, Jay Morrish, Dr. Michael Hurdzon, and many others. In the final section, “The Finish,” coverage includes the use of GIS in routing, presenting routing plans, and design changes that may lie ahead for golf courses. A unique look at the Cypress Point Club rounds out the reading.

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Golf’s Sacred Journey 1st edition Text Only

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Golf Secrets: Tee-to-Green Solutions for Golf’s Everyday Challenges

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Tee-to-green solutions for golf’s toughest problems from the former editor of Golf Magazine.

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Generation Golf. Eine Inspektion

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Money Golf: 600 Years of Bettin’ on Birdies

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You can’t play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose. Don’t try running a betting ring in the NHL, either. Want the surest ticket out of NCAA sports? Betting’s the way to do it. In stark contrast, however, the United States Golf Association officially sanctions betting among players during their games. And it’s not just the pros who bet. Every man, out with his buddies, asks at the first tee, “Shall we make this interesting?” Yet there has never been a betting scandal in organized golf.

Money Golf is the first book that tells the complete story of golf’s unique association with wagering and how that relationship evolved. It features anecdotes from fifteenth-century Scots to Tiger Woods and all the smooth-swinging flatbellies, movie stars, athletes, politicians, women golfers, Joe Six-Packs, hustlers, and sharks in between. It also serves as a primer for novice golf bettors, providing explanations of Calcuttas (betting auctions), odds-making, on-course games, and the art and history of golf hustling. It even highlights movies and books that include golf wagers, showing that even writers understand the marriage of the two.

Wagering on golf has been part of the game since it migrated to the United States in 1888. All of the early icons of American golf bet when they played-Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, and Gene Sarazen. Even Bobby Jones, the simon-pure amateur, wagered on his game. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan always had a little something on the side; so did Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson learned how to bet on golf when they were little kids. All the personalities, stories, and history of betting on birdies are included in Money Golf.

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Perfectly Balanced Golf

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Because no two golfers are exactly alike, Chuck Cook steers clear of method teaching. Instead, he shows readers how to find their own natural style in order to reduce their scores and play more consistent golf. Over 150 b&w photos and line drawings throughout.

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