Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design

Shackelford, Geoff

ISBN 10: 031227808X / ISBN 13: 9780312278083

Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003

Beschreibung

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BSM.LML4

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Grounds for Golf: The History and ...

Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Hanse, Gil

Zustand: good

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Inhaltsangabe:

Offers golf enthusiasts a strategy for improving one's game through an understanding of historical golf course design, in a guide complemented by photography, classic anecdotes, famous quotes, and informative hole depictions. 10,000 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Geoff Shackelford is the author of several golf books, and his writing has appeared inGolf Magazine, Links, Golf World, the Los Angeles Times, and Golfdommagazine. While writing Grounds for Golf, Shackelford codesigned Rustic Canyon Golf Course in Moorpark, California, with Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.Golf Digest recently named Rustic Canyon the Best New Affordable Public Course in America. Geoff lives in Santa Monica, California.

Gil Hanse has a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Cornell and is the architect of several acclaimed courses, including Craighead Golf Links in Scotland, Applebrooke Golf Club near Philadelphia, and Rustic Canyon. Hanse has overseen restoration work at classic courses originally designed by Donald Ross, A. W. Tillinghast, and William Flynn. Gil and his wife, Tracey, live in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with their three children Chelsea, Tyler, and Caley.