The Art of Golf Design,9781886947306

The Art of Golf Design

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ISBN13: 9781886947306
ISBN10: 1886947309
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-10-29
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael G. Miller was the Director of Golf at Riviera Country Club from 1993-98 and a golf professional for 28 years. He began painting in 1985 and trained for 10 years in a nineteenth century style. He currently resides in Los Angeles and has been creating golf landscapes since 1994.

Geoff Shackelford’s previous books on golf include The Riviera Country Club…A Definitive History, The Captain, Masters of the Links, The Good Doctor Returns, The Golden Age of Golf Design, and Alister MacKenzie’s Cypress Point Club. He resides in Santa Monica, California and can be reached at geoffshakelford@aol.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction What Is Art in Golf Architecture? 9(16)
What Is Art in Golf Architecture?
Max Behr
Genuine Variety
25(20)
The Architect's Canvas and Colors
Max Behr
Temptation
45(20)
The Correct Use of Penalty
Max Behr
What Is Strategy?
65(18)
Architectooralooral
Bernard Darwin
A Triangular Contest
H. N. Wethered
Tom Simpson
Sunken Pits with Raised Faces
83(26)
The Old Course
St. Andrews Links
The Ideal Hazard
Robert Hunter
Artificial Hazards - Nature the Model
H. S. Colt
Luck and Wind
109(18)
Natural Golf and Legislation
Max Behr
What Happened to the Revolution
127(20)
Progress Dearly Bought?
147(20)
What are We Missing?
Daniel Wexler
To Frame or Not to Frame?
167
Blindness
Max Behr
Naturalness in Golf Architecture
Max Behr
Afterword
The Need For Criticism in Golf Architecture
Anonymous
The Progress of Golf Architecture
185
Anonymous

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