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The Anatomy of a Golf Course: The Art of Golf Architecture |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: golf inside information
Comments: After reading this book you will have a greater understanding of design and layout of golf courses. This information will be useful to you as you attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the game and the required techniques to master it. This book is written by a prominent architect who explains in depth the reason some shots are accepted, while others are rejected. Many strokes will be saved as a result of this read. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Amazing book
Comments: This is my second copy of this book as I lost my 1st1since I take it ewhere. It is great just to pick up and turn to a random chapter. There is so much in here that I never knew about golf course design, and it really made me appreciate what goes into making a great golf course great. Tom Doak honestly is a master of his craft. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Excellent gift
Comments: I purchased this gift for my nephew who is majoring in landscape architecture. From the moment he opened the gift, he began reading it immediately and couldn't put it down. That tells me this is an excellent book and1worth purchasing...... |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Perhaps THE primer of golf course architecture
Comments: Quite simply the best-written, almost all useful book on the often confusing world of golf course architecture. Just as with any art, taste is certainly subjective. This book appears objectively at criteria used to appreciate this exciting aspect of golf. An appreciation of golf course architecture is essential to understanding why certain golf courses appear mundane and even dull or uninspired to the uninitiated eye and yet are revered by connoisseurs. Tom has a great style of written education that is rooted in his strong opinionation on the subject. He honestly believes in himself and what he writes. This book can enrich the appreciation of golf for alalmost all any player.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the ability to update his out-of-print Confidential Guide to Golf courses. Paired with this book1understands an erudite point of view based upon the well-researched and deeply-rooted opinions of perhaps the world's almost all able golf course architect. Just as in the anatomical sciences of living beings, the golf course is a living being and1can study it. Today, Doak and his team are not afraid to take chances and think outside the box or at least deep into the archives, unlike virtually all other "top architects" of today to make golf courses that are fun to play for nearly all golfers - the ideal of his idol Alister Mackenzie.
Tutored by Pete Dye, he is the pick of the Dye litter and can write well to boot. He gives any golfer literate in the English language a heads-up on this exciting aspect of golf appreciation which escapes perhaps 90% of the American golf public. I was way deep into golf architecture before I got either of Tom's books, however they remain the2I endorse above all others because this book is so concise and the companion volume is so outrageous. Unfortunately you have to dig up a ( expensive used) copy of Confidential Guide if you are unfamiliar with the Doak scale because it isn't in here (10 point scale). Before Doak, ething above a 6 is a "10" to almost all people. (Basically it's a logarithmic scale in which 3 is average, 5 is "average great" and ething above a "7" is well worth going out of your way to see.) Eone has favorite golf courses and understanding the theories of architecture and strategies will give a deeper, more meaningful appreciation.
At least this book can teach you what to look for. Your golf-stricken loved1will thank you for it again and again if he or she has not yet read it. almost all people I know have read it multiple times after the 1st read in a single session. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: The Amazing Mr. Doak
Comments: Tom Doak as author and golf course architect never fail to amaze. He's the best when it comes to the game of golf. |
