Golf Architecture for Normal People

Geoff Shackelford

ISBN 10: 1732222754 / ISBN 13: 9781732222755

Verlag: Tatra Press, US, 2023

Beschreibung

Golf Course Architecture for Normal People is a primer on golf architecture that explains how to be a more informed critic without becoming a total lunatic. Golf is supposed to be fun and for reasons unknown, the study, debate and enjoyment of courses has been hijacked by snobbery. This book demystifies golf design in a fun and even irreverent manner. It also shows how a greater understanding of a golf course's design and improve a golfer's score and his/her appreciation of the game.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781732222755

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Golf Architecture for Normal People
• Verlag: Tatra Press, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1732222754
• ISBN-13: 9781732222755
• Einband: Hardback
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 254 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Golf Course Architecture for Normal People is a primer on golf architecture that explains how to be a more informed critic without becoming a total lunatic. Golf is supposed to be fun and for reasons unknown, the study, debate and enjoyment of courses has been hijacked by snobbery. This book demystifies golf design in a fun and even irreverent manner. It also shows how a greater understanding of a golf course's design and improve a golfer's score and his/her appreciation of the game.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Geoff Shackelford is the well-known author, writer, blogger, podcaster, golf architect, and television analyst. He covers major championship golf and course design matters in his Substack newsletter, The Quadrilateral, aka The Quad, which has thousands of subscribers. In addition to his 11 books on golf, including GROUNDS FOR GOLF, his writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine, Links, Golf Digest, Golf World, The Golfer, Golfweb, Golf Journal, The Masters Journal, Golf Course Architecture, Golf Architecture, Golfweek, Golf Digest Index, Golf Digest, Golf World, and golf.com. He is also longtime Golf Channel contributor.

His golf course design work includes Rustic Canyon, rated the USA's #1 Best Value by Golf Magazine. As the author of a biography on architect George Thomas, Geoff worked on the multi-year project to restore Los Angeles Country Club's North Course, host of the 2023 United States Open.

A southern California native living in Santa Monica, he played college golf at Pepperdine.

Geoff can be contacted through:

Website: www.geoffshackelford.com

The Quad: www.geoffshackelford.com/the-quadrilateral

Twitter: twitter.com/GeoffShac