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Title: Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design by Geoff Shackelford ISBN: 0-312-27808-X Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 24 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Terrific even for nongolfers
Comment: I bought his book as a gift and then picked it up and found myself reading the whole thing. The book is very accessible and entertaining even for the novice, and the beautiful drawings and great photos perfectly illustrate the author's text. It covers the history and evolution of course design, famous courses, greatest architects and the best holes ever built. Shackelford also details his own experience designing the Rustic Canyon Golf course, so this isn't a dry academic exercise: he knows what he's talking about, and says it with grace and a lot of humor. There are chapters on how to "read" a design, how to daydream your way through redesigning a hole while you're playing a course, and even a chapter that gives you a blank canvas to create your own design. I especially liked the history of St. Andrews Old Course and now understand why that course is so revered. I also liked the way Shackelford used movie and baseball analogies, which made things even clearer. The chapter on the language of architecture gave me a better understanding of golf overall. Now I actually have to try it.
Rating: 5
Summary: So, that's why playing at the Riviera was so much fun!
Comment: If you've ever wondered why some golf courses are interesting and fun to play, while others are boring and unsatisfying, you are likely to find the answers in Grounds for Golf. Shackelford brings valuable insights to the subject he calls "the most interactive art form alive." A book on golf course design could get bogged down with technicalities and engineering jargon; instead Grounds for Golf is entertaining, amusing, revealing and written for a wide golfing audience. You will have some "Aha!" moments as you realize that the best course designers, it turns out, aren't trying to punish you or trick you. They are trying to 1. Give you choices (some of which depend on how good a golfer you are or what type personality you are) and 2. Give you a way out or a way back when you make a bad shot. They're on your side, though it sometimes doesn't seem that way. If you are a golfer who gets to play many different courses (through business or vacations) you will find yourself not only beginning to notice the good and bad design aspects of a course, you will also find yourself asking, "Who designed this course?" And you will start seeking out courses designed by good architects in the same way that detective story readers seek out their favorite authors. You will become, painlessly, somewhat of a golf course design expert without having to read all the old classics on the subject. Shackelford has distilled them for you. The book is also liberally sprinkled with quotable quotes, handy for repeating in the appropriate situation. There is a fun "list" section in the back with the author's bests, favorites, etc. Also a good index. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great For Novice and Expert
Comment: Not since Tom Doak's The Anatomy of A Golf Course has a book come along that does such a thorough job of acquainting both newcomers and serious fans with the art, science and business of golf course design. Attractively laid out and beautifully illustrated (especially the many famous hole drawings created by architect Gil Hanse), Grounds For Golf covers its subject from A-Z, profiling architecture's history and evolution, its multitude of styles, its greatest practitioners and many of their elite courses and holes.
Beyond all of this, however, it also provides rare insight by taking the reader through the design and construction of a brand-new golf course (Mr. Hanse and Mr. Shackelford's award-winning Rustic Canyon) and offers hundreds of interesting and amusing quotations, the sources of which range from Horace Hutchinson and Bernard Darwin to Dan Jenkins, Pete Dye and characters in Caddyshack. The Bobby Jones opener - "Every golfer worthy of the name should have some acquaintance with the principles of golf course design, not only for the betterment of his game, but for his own self enjoyment" - seems especially perfect for a volume which may need to explain to some novice readers why they should be interested in the subject of architecture in the first place.
For those with so critical an eye for detail, I particularly enjoy the penultimate chapter The Future (penultimate meaning "next to last", not "last") as it neatly sums up Mr. Shackelford's thoughts, which have long been on display in magazines like Golfdom, Golf, Links, Golf World and, on two whole occasions, Golf Digest.
Already heavily praised by industry insiders and reviewers, Grounds For Golf will be an architectural standard for years to come.
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Title: The Anatomy of a Golf Course by Tom Doak, Ben Crenshaw ISBN: 1580800718 Publisher: National Book Network Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective by Paul Daley, Geoffrey S. Cornish ISBN: 158980080X Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science that Forms the Golf Journey by Forrest L. Richardson ISBN: 0471434809 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture by Jack Nicklaus, Chris Millard ISBN: 0810932490 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Bernard Darwin On Golf by Bernard Darwin, Jeff Silverman ISBN: 1585747688 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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