A player who never turned pro but held one or more major titles every year of his 15-season competitive career, Bobby Jones was the most famous amateur golfer ever to play the game. In the 20 years since his death, America has witnessed an explosion of enthusiasm for golf. Now comes a reissue of Jones' classic instructional, out of print and ...
Originally published in 1927, Bobby Jones' Down the Fairway had become what Sports Illustrated calls an incontestable classic. Part memoir, part golf instructional, it is a must-read for all who care about this most fascinating sport.
There's no question that Dr Alister MacKenzie was one of the best golf course architects in the history of the game. Augusta National, Royal Melbourne, Cypress Point among many other famous layouts are proof of that fact. In the mid-1990s, MacKenzie's lost golf manuscript, written a year before his death in 1933, was found and finally published as ...
Copiously illustrated throughout with photos, instructional drawings and diagrams, GOLD BY DESIGN teaches golfers how to analyse each hole from a designer's perspective - how to beat the course by outwitting its architect. From tee to green to rough, Jones leads golfers through every step of a course designers strategy, detailing how they use ...
Before professional sports became the behemoth industry that it is today, the game of golf gave rise to one of the most gifted natural athletes the world has ever known. A man whose extraordinary talent and will to win earned him the Grand Slam of golf--a record he still holds to this day--and an universal recognition as one of the greatest sports ...
American golfers have never before had so many options for indulging their favorite pastime. Culling 60 of the most outstanding courses, the author thoroughly discusses and analyzes each one. With contact information for those planning a golf vacation, this book is both a practical travel planner and a unique playing companion for the contemporary ...
In 1930, Robert "Bobby" Jones Jr. (1902-1971) became the first person to achieve golf's "Grand Slam" by winning all four major world golf tournaments - The British Amateur, the British Open, the US Amateur, and the US Open. He became a worldwide sporting legend overnight, and has continued to be one of the most popular and influential sports ...
The most interesting golf courses, the most exciting matches, the greatest champions, golf history, background, analysis, even fiction and humor: this volume offers the reader the best that has been written about the game. Included are Alistair Cooke, George Plimpton, Art Buchwald, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.304 pp. $19 ...
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