Designs On A Better Golf Course

Author : Jeffrey Brauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1658158253

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Designs on a Better Golf Course by Jeffrey Brauer Pdf

The relationship golfers have to the courses they play is unique. Perhaps that's why you often hear players speak about their "home golf course." As a result, everyone affiliated with a golf facility - player, superintendent, manager, green committee member, owner - has strong feelings about the design and golf course architecture.This book provides information for those making decisions about golf facilities. Hopefully, those decisions lead to greater success for the facility and more people playing golf more often and enjoying it more.As someone with a voice in determining how and when to update, renovate or redesign your golf course, what questions should you be asking? Whether a Green Committee member, Superintendent or course Manager, having helpful information is a first step to a finished product that is more playable and profitable. That's where this book comes in.The chapters are intentionally brief for ease of reading and retention.The information provided here comes from men and women with great experience and passion for the game. But there are no universal truths when it comes to golf courses. Since each one is unique, no single approach to tees, greens, bunkers, etc., is "correct." Specifics are different with each course. You are encouraged to talk to your golf course architect and other leaders at your golf course to develop answers that make the best sense for you and your golfers.So, let this book be the start of a conversation.

Author : Tom Doak
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1550413732

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The Anatomy of a Golf Course by Tom Doak Pdf

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

Author : Jeffrey D Brauer Asgca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798689211541

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Designs on a Better Golf Course by Jeffrey D Brauer Asgca Pdf

The relationship golfers have to the courses they play is unique. Perhaps that's why you often hear players speak about their "home golf course." As a result, everyone affiliated with a golf facility - player, superintendent, manager, green committee member, owner - has strong feelings about the design and golf course architecture. This book provides information for those making decisions about golf facilities. Hopefully, those decisions lead to greater success for the facility and more people playing golf more often and enjoying it more.As someone with a voice in determining how and when to update, renovate or redesign your golf course, what questions should you be asking? Whether a Green Committee member, Superintendent or course Manager, having helpful information is a first step to a finished product that is more playable and profitable. That's where this book comes in.The chapters are intentionally brief for ease of reading and retention. The information provided here comes from men and women with great experience and passion for the game. Our hope is to help golf facilities succeed, and in the process welcome more people to the game.

Author : Bob Cupp,Ron Whitten
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1478176385

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Golf's Grand Design by Bob Cupp,Ron Whitten Pdf

"Golf's Grand Design," prepared as a companion volume to the PBS documentary of the same name, expands upon the information presented in the television program. Co-authored by Bob Cupp, one of America's leading golf course designers, and Ron Whitten, Golf Digest's longtime senior editor on golf architecture, the book features rare sketches and diagrams of golf holes—some never before published—by 34 past and present golf architects, including Alister MacKenzie, Pete Dye, Bill Coore, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Doug Carrick, Steve Smyers and David McLay Kidd. In each chapter, based upon one of the drawings, Cupp and Whitten explore a different facet of the course depicted and present unique perspectives into the craft and art of golf course architecture. These sketches are the vehicles by which design becomes grass. They are not AutoCAD plottings used to clear permits (full of technicalities practically indecipherable by everyday folks), but intimate, immediate and sometimes idiosyncratic streams of consciousness that are handed to a bulldozer operator, along with words of instruction, which become reality; the very crux of golf design. These drawings seldom survive; ending up as grocery lists, note pads or even shelf paper. But if one comes back to the designer after the fact - after the hole has been played and proclaimed fun, the drawings become treasures.Written in a lively conversational format, "Golf's Grand Design" takes readers behind the scenes in the creation of many of America's finest courses, from the modest-budget Bully Pulpit in North Dakota to the mega-budget Shadow Creek in Nevada. The authors retell the discovery of the land that became the groundbreaking Sand Hills Golf Club in Nebraska and relate the extensive process required to complete the environmentally-sensitive Liberty National in New Jersey. They take readers behind the scenes with Jack Nicklaus at work and at play, analyze what made Donald Ross and A.W. Tillinghast such great architects, offer insights into the little-known design talents of PGA Tour Hall of Famers Tom Kite and Tom Watson and pass along revelations regarding such famous holes as “The Cape” and “The Redan.” They conclude with a short discussion of the impact that technology has had on the world of golf. "Golf's Grand Design" is intended for all who enjoy golf or who, by virtue of these stories, might consider the game. It provides a fresh approach to understanding and appreciating good golf architecture. It will certainly be one of those books with a long shelf life because its content is not trendy but factual. It is the story of American golf and a living description of the creative process of a game that somehow worked its way into our very souls.

Author : Michael Shiels,Michael Patrick Shiels,The American Society of Golf Course Architects
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781602393264

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Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects by Michael Shiels,Michael Patrick Shiels,The American Society of Golf Course Architects Pdf

This book offers readers behind-the-scenes tales from Americas master architects themselves in their own words. Elite designers such as Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Arthur Hills, Arnold Palmer, and others share their personal anecdotes related to the creation of some of the worlds most famous courses: from run-ins with snakes to bulldozers sinking in quicksand, to holes created by accident, such as the famed island green 17th at the TPC at Sawgrass.

Author : Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471137847

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Golf Course Design by Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish Pdf

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!

Author : Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471431299

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Classic Golf Hole Design by Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish Pdf

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.

Author : Jack Nicklaus,Chris Millard
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0810982560

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Nicklaus by Design by Jack Nicklaus,Chris Millard Pdf

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.

Author : Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471137849

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Golf Course Design by Robert Muir Graves,Geoffrey S. Cornish Pdf

When it comes to golf course design, Robert Muir Graves and Geoffrey S. Cornish are true masters. Over the past few decades, they have produced every type of course imaginable: long and short, entry level and upscale, courses built on ocean bluffs and swamps, courses located in the United States and around the world. Now, drawing on this vast experience and their popular golf course design seminars held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and nationwide for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Graves and Cornish share a wealth of expertise on all aspects of design and construction in this outstanding book. Golf Course Design covers all of the major historic, aesthetic, business, and technical issues of the subject-- from course layout, hole design, drainage, irrigation, and turf-grass selection to planning, financing, construction, and environmental considerations.

Author : H.S. Colt,C.H. Alison
Publisher : Coventry House Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture by H.S. Colt,C.H. Alison Pdf

Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture features selected writings from prominent architects of the early 20th century, H.S. Colt, C.H. Alison, and Dr. Alister MacKenzie. Written in 1920 during the height of their careers, this collaborative guide provides rare insight into the methods and philosophies they used to design and construct the world’s most renowned golf courses. Inside this classic of golf literature, the authors detail how they approach each element of golf course design, from placing hazards to utilizing a site's natural beauty. Along with their first-hand narrative, all of the original photos and sketches have been included, ensuring that every element of the first edition has been carefully preserved. This book includes 19 black-and-white photographs and 4 hand-sketched diagrams, including rare photos of Pine Valley and Longniddry during construction. Also included is a preface by H.S. Colt and two new appendixes highlighting the career achievements of Colt and Alison.

Author : Michael J. Hurdzan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780471465317

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Golf Course Architecture by Michael J. Hurdzan Pdf

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.

Author : Keith Cutten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Golf courses
ISBN : 0958136378

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The Evolution of Golf Course Design by Keith Cutten Pdf

A decade by decade review of global golf course architecture, commencing from the 1830s.

Author : Geoff Shackelford
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-04-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781429964234

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Grounds for Golf by Geoff Shackelford Pdf

Golfers dream of playing the legendary courses of the game: St. Andrews, Augusta National, Pinehurst, Pebble Beach. And anyone who has played the royal and ancient sport is an armchair architect at heart. From alterations for their home course to visions of their very own backyard dream course, most golfers would love to test their hands at course design. What makes certain courses timeless? Unlike the venues of other popular recreational sports like tennis and racquetball, whose playing fields are bound by strict measurements that do not vary, each golf course is unique. Offering an endless topographical variety, from short to long, flat or hilly, wet or dry, every course represents a compelling blend of risks versus rewards, with decisions and challenges to test every golfer's game and mental toughness. Combining Geoff Shackelford's informative narrative with detailed illustrations by architect Gil Hanse, Grounds for Golf explains the fundamentals of golf course design in an understandable and entertaining style. Modern photographs, anecdotal sidebars, and witty quotations augment a course design primer that will enhance readers' enjoyment of golf's lore while introducing the fundamentals of course design. By explaining the golf course from the ground up, Grounds for Golf will not only help readers in their understanding of the game, but will help their games themselves.

Author : Robert Trent Jones,Tom Watson
Publisher : Little Brown & Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0316058521

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Golf by Design by Robert Trent Jones,Tom Watson Pdf

An illustrated guide to the world's greatest courses leads golfers through every aspect of a designer's strategy, including optical illusions, turf variations, water hazards, deceptive elevations, disguised distances, and other tricks of the trade. Reprint.

Author : Herbert Newton Wethered,Tom Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UIUC:30112039311193

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The Architectural Side of Golf by Herbert Newton Wethered,Tom Simpson Pdf