The Art of Golf Design, by Michael Miller and Geoff Shackelford, is a stunning book. Miller is both a golf professional and landscape artist. Shackelford is both a golf historian and writer. Not surprisingly, both love the classic golf holes of the 1920s and ’30s. And that’s what this book is about. Many of Miller’s images take the reader back in time, often to when a classic hole at Pine Valley, Cypress Point or Pinehurst No.2 was in its earliest form. Shackelford, as historian, provides his insight on the architectural thinking that went into the creation of these classic holes.

A key book for the golfer's library, exploring the intricacies of golf architecture--and how this knowledge can improve your golf game.

Great architectural essays on golf, including the best material ever written on golf courses, old and new, by the greats of the game -- MacKenzie, Crenshaw, Dye, Doak, and Tillinghast. Included are essays on the great par 3's, the ideal course, British links, hazards, the fetish of length, playing the ball as it lies, and much more. Masters of the Links is a superb collection that should rest on every golfer's nightstand.

Zwei der berühmtesten Golfplatzarchitekten aller Zeiten beantworten Ihnen hier jede erdenkliche Frage zum Thema der Gestaltung von Golfplätzen - von der Finanzierung über die Lage der Löcher und die Wartung des Rasens bis hin zur Entwicklung und Veränderung vorhandener Anlagen. Eine Fundgrube nicht nur für Landschaftsgestalter, sondern auch für interessierte Golfer!

Nicklaus, the greatest golfer in the history of the game, has been winning kudos for his visually striking layouts and challenging yet playable holes. Here Nicklaus reveals how he builds his courses and shares the secret of how to "read" a golf hole and play it well. 172 illustrations.

Der Bau von Golfanlagen boomt nicht nur in den USA und Asien, sondern weltweit. "Classic Golf Holfe Design" ist ein praktischer Ratgeber für Landschaftsarchitekten und andere Fachleute, die in die Gestaltung oder Umgestaltung von Golfplätzen involviert sind. Jedes "klassische Loch" wird aus Designerperspektive genau beschrieben, und zwar u.a. im Hinblick auf grundlegendes Lochdesign, Wartung und Pflege sowie auf seine Auswirkungen für das Golfspiel selbst. Zu jedem "klassischen Loch" gibt es jeweils drei Musterbeispiele, die anschaulich demonstrieren, inwieweit welches Muster für eine Neuanlage geeignet sind. Die Autoren Graves und Cornish sind beide ehemalige Präsidenten der American Society of Golf Course Architects und zählen zu den berühmtesten und angesehensten Golfplatzarchitekten Amerikas. Sie haben zusammen über 1.000 Golfplätze entworfen oder umgestaltet und über 60 Seminare zum Thema Golfplatzdesign gehalten.

In this most recent addition to Assouline’s highly covetable and lauded Ultimate Collection, George Peper, former editor in chief of Golf magazine and 2016 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Journalism, takes readers on an incomparable golf journey as he travels the world detailing the 100 most significant, historically noteworthy, and architecturally paramount courses. Describing intricate holes that have confounded the game’s best, revisiting tournaments that have made and broken champions, and elucidating the unique and truly special characteristics of each course makes Peper the perfect golf partner as he walks readers through the clubhouses, fairways, and bunkers. From greens as old and hallowed as St Andrews to courses celebrating their first anniversary such as Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cliffs, from the island mountain course of China’s Shanqin Bay to the Hamptons’ Maidstone Club, Golf: The Impossible Collection is an unequivocal sensory treat for the golf fanatic, or the perfect feast to feed the wanderlust simmering in all of us.

Complete with essays and interviews with leading experts, this comprehensive guide presents strategies for creating a golf course routing plan, with coverage of site evaluation, terrain, natural settings, sunlight, wind, finances, psychology, golf strategy and environmental conditions.

Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. Revealing both the art and science of golf course architecture, it takes readers inside the designer’s mind through each step to designing a golf green, golf hole, and golf course. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses. Golf Course Architecture, Second Edition provides a wealth of accessible and helpful information on golf course architecture chronicling every facet of designing, building, renovating, and restoring a golf course.

With an introduction by H. S. Colt.