Product Description: [Read by Robertson Dean] A must-listen for millions of sports and history fans -- and all who have ever dared to reach for their dreams. Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon came from different worlds and different generations, but their passion for golf set them on parallel paths that would collide in the greatest match their sport had ever known...read more

Product Description: This title reveals the history of golf, from its invention in Scotland and patronage by Stuart monarchs, through its rising popularity in Victorian and Edwardian England, to the development of famous golf clubs, open championships and international competitions, with the battle between British and Americans for golfing supremacy in the twentieth century...read more

Product Description: The history of golf's greatest championship.

When The World Atlas of Golf first published in 2006, it set the standard by taking a uniquely global view of the game and the architects of course design. Now, the paperback edition of the revised edition is finally available - with all the text, spectacular illustrations, and dazzling photographs that have made it one of the game's most popular books. Put together by leading experts, this is a tribute to golf that every lover of the game will want to own...and every dad will want to receive on Father's Day.From revered links, like St Andrews, to hidden gems, like Casa De Campo in the Dominican Republic, this beautifully designed and illustrated guide covers the seminal and most architecturally brilliant courses. Stunningly designed feature pages provide a thorough understanding of the golfing scene throughout the world. There are also maps showing locations of key clubs, plus sumptuous computer-generated illustrations of each course, filled with impressive detail, and "cutaways" of signature holes.Written by the world's leading authorities on golf course architecture,The World Atlas of Golf paperback edition continues the tradition of this well-respected and best-selling title and is the only guide that any lover of the game will need. The greatest courses of the world are waiting to be explored!