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The New World Atlas of Golf: The Great Courses and How They Are Played
The New World Atlas of Golf The Great Courses and How They Are Played Author:Pat Ward-Thomas, Herbert Warren Wind, Charles Price, Donald Steel, Peter Thomson Looks at golf through those courses that have shaped its history, molded its character and, indeed, created its very nature. Here are the world's greatest courses -- mapped, illustrated and described with a wholly new precision and dimension. Scans 170 of the best and most famous courses in 43 countries throughout the world -- their hi... more »story, their design, their toughest and most interesting features, and the ways in which they have been mastered by the game's greatest exponents.
Contents: Foreword by Alistair Cooke; The golf course -- from natural links to the modern era by Donald Steel; Elements of greatness: a classic course by Pat Ward-Thomas; The imperishable genius of the master architects by Herbert Warren Wind; The great course and how they are played -- Europe by Pat Ward-Thomas, North America by Charles Price, Asia by Peter Thomson, Australasia by Peter Thomson, Africa by Pat Ward-Thomas, South America by Charles Price; Gazeteer:100 outstanding course from around the world, Index.« less