About this title: Behind every golf hole lies an influence on every golfer's game that few golfers ever contemplate: the course architect. Why a hole dog-legs left and not right, why bunkers end up where they are, the length of a hole, the view from the tee - all these factors and many more are the result of choices made by the golf architect to challenge, and sometimes intimidate, any golfer's game. Tom Doak, one of America's youngest and most successful golf architects, here discusses his craft and explains the strategies behind a golf architect's decisions. Knowing why a course a course is laid out is ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Burford Books
Date Published: 1999-01-25
ISBN-13:9781580800716ISBN:1580800718
Description: Very Good. Signed by author. Hardcover in dust jacket. Pages are clean, with no marks or highlighting. Light wear. Binding firm. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Burford Books, Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781558211469ISBN:1558211462
Description: Very Good Condition. Very Good Jacket. 8vo. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve. 242 pp. Illustrated. Fast shipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Burford Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9781558211469ISBN:1558211462
Description: Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 1558211462 pp. 242, glossary, index. Color and black and white illustrations/photographs. Foreward by Ben Crenshaw. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: BURFORD BOOKS
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580800716ISBN:1580800718
Description: New. A key book for the golfer's library, exploring the intricacies of golf architecture--and how this knowledge can improve your golf game. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Burford Books
Date Published: 1997-12-29
ISBN-13:9781558211469ISBN:1558211462
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781550413731ISBN:1550413732
Description: Hardcover, 8vo, illustrated, 242 pages. Small name inscrip. on front paste-down and ffep, o/w a very fine unmarked copy in a like, unmarked, and unclipped dust jacket. read more
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