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Classic Shots: The Greatest Images from the United States Golf Association
Just in time for Father’s Day and a new golf season, Classic Shots showcases the best 250 photographs of the sport from the 1920s to the present day, culled from the USGA’s archive of more than half a million images. While some of these photos have appeared in print over the years, many [...]
Continue reading...The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World’s Greatest Game
Sunday, June 27, 2010
From Publishers Weekly The misnomer that this browser is “the ultimate” among countless others like itself is quickly pointed out by McGrath, editor of the New York Times Book Review, who presents this collection of unexpectedly intimate compositions with great relish. Featuring over 300 photographs that range from [...]
Continue reading...The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World’s Greatest Game
Monday, June 21, 2010
From Publishers Weekly The misnomer that this browser is “the ultimate” among countless others like itself is quickly pointed out by McGrath, editor of the New York Times Book Review, who presents this collection of unexpectedly intimate compositions with great relish. Featuring over 300 photographs that range from [...]
Continue reading...Golf’s Greatest Championship, 50th Anniversary Edition: The 1960 U.S. Open
Friday, June 18, 2010
The 1960 U.S. Open Golf Championship played in Denver, Colorado remains perhaps the most dramatic, competitive, and passionate of all Open championships. In 1960 the young lions of the game were eager to reach the top tier occupied by venerable players such as Ben Hogan and Sam Snead. In this Open only a [...]
Continue reading...Golf Dads: Fathers, Sons, and the Greatest Game
Thursday, June 17, 2010
From Publishers Weekly In his 11th golf book, Sampson (Hogan and the Masters) tells the story of golfing fathers and sons, although a daughter or two, most notably Michelle Wie, appear in the magazine profile–like chapters that make up the book. These stories, including an introduction where Sampson [...]
Continue reading...The Masters: 101 Reasons to Love Golf’s Greatest Tournament
Thursday, June 10, 2010
According to award-winning sportswriter Ron Green, Sr., “Augusta National is Eden with flagsticks . . . a place where anyone who loves golf should be allowed, by some heavenly intervention, to go at least once.” Or more often. Green himself has covered the Masters tournament at Augusta National since the 1950s. He figures [...]
Continue reading...The Masters: 101 Reasons to Love Golf’s Greatest Tournament
Monday, June 7, 2010
According to award-winning sportswriter Ron Green, Sr., “Augusta National is Eden with flagsticks . . . a place where anyone who loves golf should be allowed, by some heavenly intervention, to go at least once.” Or more often. Green himself has covered the Masters tournament at Augusta National since the 1950s. He figures [...]
Continue reading...The 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Review The 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes succeeds in hitting precisely the two targets any book purporting to present golf’s greatest anything must aim for: it’ll have golfers both arguing with and dreaming about its contents. Simultaneously. [...]
Continue reading...Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects: A Treasury of the World’s Greatest Golf Courses by History’s Master Designers
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Review You might think that, since the game of golf has been around for a long, long time, it would stand to reason that the profession of golf course architect has also been around for a long, long time. You would be mistaken. The [...]
Continue reading...The 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Review The 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes succeeds in hitting precisely the two targets any book purporting to present golf’s greatest anything must aim for: it’ll have golfers both arguing with and dreaming about its contents. Simultaneously. [...]
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
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