Product Description: The designers of golf’s "arenas" traditionally shared their views in imaginative and humorous ways. No fraternity of architects was more charismatic, literate, or entertaining than the characters who elevated golf architecture from the turn of the twentieth century until the Depression years ended the golf boom...read more

The author analyzes the current state of golf in America, derriding the role of equipment manufacturers and official governing bodies in neutering the game while also suggesting how the PGA tournament could be made exciting again.

Product Description: A galvanizing new book from one of America's leading golf writers, The Future of Golf in America reveals how the tradition-rich sport has been kidnapped by equipment manufacturers and knowingly deregulated by its governing bodies...read more

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.

Product Description: The Art of Golf Design, by Michael Miller and Geoff Shackelford, is a stunning book. Miller is both a golf professional and landscape artist. Shackelford is both a golf historian and writer. Not surprisingly, both love the classic golf holes of the 1920s and ’30s...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Discusses the principles of golf course design and looks at the best courses (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Not many people know it, but George C. Thomas Jr. was one of the most significant figures in the history of golf course architecture. Geoff Shackelford's biography of Thomas, "The Captain, is the first in-depth look at the life and architectural philosophy of this interesting and talented man...read more