The official record of the PGA European Tour in words and pictures, with colour illustrations, 4 colour diagrams and a comprehensive statistical section on each course.

As lush as the gorgeously landscaped courses it covers, this completely new edition, lavishly illustrated with 250 full-color photographs, takes readers on a highly entertaining tour of the 2005 PGA Tour. In addition to an anecdotal history of each tournament, the authorQa noted authority who was editor-in-chief of "Golf Magazine" for 25 yearsQalso provides valuable tips on how to play certain shots. 0-8109-4950-4$50.00 / Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

A breathtaking tour around more than 130 of the world?s finest golf courses, this exciting book focuses on courses outside the United States. Many fabulous courses will be new to the American reader, and are featured in magnificent photographs made especially for this book.

Golf is big business around the world. With high profile series such as the PGA, LPGA and European tours to the re-introduction of golf to the Olympics at Rio 2016, golf occupies a prominent place in the global sport community. This is the first book to introduce the fundamentals of golf business and management from a truly international perspective, covering key topics such as media, club management, sponsorship and retail, at elite and non-elite levels. With sections exploring the development of golf on every continent, including North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, this book presents the latest thinking on current issues in golf, ranging from sustainability and innovation to global governance. Each chapter incorporates helpful features for students including learning objectives, discussion questions, guides to further reading, recommended websites and insights from industry voices. This book is essential reading for students of any golf-related degree course or professional accreditation programme, and will also be of interest to those studying or working in sport business, sport management and sport tourism. Underpinned by up-to-date literature, golf researchers will also find the book a useful starting point.

Brian Cox provides an overview of the history of the Ryder Cup, from its original inception in 1927 when the USA played the original British team, all the way through to its current carnation of Europe vs America. He also provides detailed profiles of Ireland's Ryder Cup heroes throughout history.

* Contains details of all tournaments on the 2008 PGA European Tour * Statistical analysis of every player on the tour * Covers all major tournaments * Special review of the 37th Ryder Cup, held at the Valhalla Club in Kentucky in September 2008

"101 Golf Courses is a selection of some of the world's finest golf courses: long-established classics, the latest resort courses, intensely private clubs, daily-fee public courses. What they all have in common is that they are great places to play golf. Some have long international championship pedigrees, others will never witness anything bigger than the annual club championship, but each course has fought its way into this book on merit against fierce competition." -- Back cover.

Golf has been called the greatest of all games, but it has also been derided by none other than Mark Twain as nothing more than a good walk spoiled. Traditional teaching holds that golf originated in Scotland around the 15th century. However, there is historical evidence of games similar to golf being played in the low countries of Europe back in the 13th century. Over the many centuries of golf's evolution, the balls used have changed greatly, as have the clubs, the holes, the courses, and the entire game itself. The Historical Dictionary of Golf presents a comprehensive history of the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, photos, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sörenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Phil Mickelson, and, of course, Tiger Woods. Appendixes of the members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Major Championships of Golf, the International Team Events, and the Professional Tour Awards are also included.