World Atlas of Golf

The greatest courses and how they are played

Mark Rowlinson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2005
Hamlyn (Verlag)
978-0-600-61375-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Detailed colour illustrations of over 70 of the world's greatest courses with fascinating narratives on how they were created, their most famous holes and the players who have performed magic on them throughout the years. Includes a gazetteer of 100 outstanding courses with maps, course cards and descriptions. The science and history of golf course construction.

Autor

Mark Rowlinson has been associated with the World Atlas of Golf since 1990, both editorially and as a contributor. He has also written A Place to Golf and The Times Guide to the Golf Courses of Great Britain and Ireland.

Inhalt

Introduction 6; Links courses; Nature's gift to golf 8; The birth of golf architecture 10; The golden age 12; A universal quest for perfection; The modern era; The land yields to the machine 14; The current era 16; Designs into reality 18; Greens 20; The ultimate target; The imperishable genius of the master architects 22; Architects through the ages 24; Main Entries; Europe 28; North America 114; Asia 216; Australasia 230; Africa 242; South America 250; Gazetteer 256; Index 308.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2005
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 230 x 305 mm
• Gewicht: 1849 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Golf
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• ISBN-10: 0-600-61375-5 / 0600613755
• ISBN-13: 978-0-600-61375-6 / 9780600613756
• Zustand: Neuware