Golf's Finest Par Threes (eBook)

The Art and Science of the One-Shot Hole

Michael Bartlett, Tony Roberts (Autoren)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
220 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-55490-957-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Striking photography and fact-filled profiles combine to reveal the distinct character of the world's best par-three golf holes in this gorgeous collection. A list of the 100 greatest holes are at the heart of this exploration and have been arranged according to design and geographical category, such as links, island and peninsula greens, blinds, drop downs, and more. Colorful stories behind well-known names like Alcatraz, Cleopatra, and Postage Stamp, as well as explanations about how notable course designers - Macdonald, Colt, Tillinghast, Nicklaus, and Jones among them - have created par threes are interspersed with brilliant photographs of each hole. A concluding section offers new perspectives on the one-shot hole, the top par-three layouts, and historic shots on par-three holes. This beautifully packaged tour of golf's greatest short holes guarantees to inform, entertain, and provoke vigorous debate about what makes a par three superior and memorable.

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Golfers wanting to know the colourful stories behind names like Alcatraz, Biarritz, Cleopatra, Dell, Eden, Postage Stamp and Redan can now turn to the only book ever devoted exclusively to the par three hole. In Golf's Finest Par Threes, Roberts and Bartlett have assembled an exemplary collection of the most spectacular, historic, challenging and unusual one-shot holes on the planet. The heart of the book is the authors' list of the 100 greatest par threes in the world, chosen from thousands they've seen during 30 years of profiling and photographing golf courses.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Golf
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• ISBN-10: 1-55490-957-0 / 1554909570
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55490-957-5 / 9781554909575