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    Lines of Charm: Brilliant And Irreverent Quotes, Notes, And Anecdotes from Golf's Golden Age Architects
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    The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design
    Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • The Art of Golf Design
    The Art of Golf Design
    by Michael Miller, Geoff Shackelford
  • Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club
    Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • The Golden Age of Golf Design
    The Golden Age of Golf Design
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • The Good Doctor Returns: A Novel
    The Good Doctor Returns: A Novel
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • Masters of the Links: Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design
    Masters of the Links: Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design
  • The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture
    The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture
    by Geoff Shackelford
  • The Riviera Country Club: A Definitive History
    The Riviera Country Club: A Definitive History
    by Geoff Shackelford
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    The American Private Golf Club Guide
    by Daniel Wexler
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    Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season
    by Robert Lusetich
  • Cracking the Code: The Winning Ryder Cup Strategy: Make It Work for You
    Cracking the Code: The Winning Ryder Cup Strategy: Make It Work for You
    by Paul Azinger, Dr. Ron Braund
  • The Story of Golf, Official 2010 Edition
    The Story of Golf, Official 2010 Edition
  • Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star
    Swinging from My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star
    by Christina Kim, Alan Shipnuck
  • Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die: Golf Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Fifty Places Series)
    Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die: Golf Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Fifty Places Series)
    by Chris Santella

    Follow up includes yours truly nominating Rustic Canyon. Shocking, I know.

  • Sports Illustrated The Golf Book
    Sports Illustrated The Golf Book
    by Editors of Sports Illustrated
  • Planet Golf USA: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in America
    Planet Golf USA: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in America
    by Darius Oliver

    The highly anticipated second volume comes to America for more design analysis and stunning photography.

  • Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger
    Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger
    by Dan Jenkins
  • The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse
    The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse
    by Richard Diedrich

    SI Golf Plus calls this the #1 golf book of 2008.

  • World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are Played
    World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are Played
    by Mark Rowlinson

    New and updated, including contributions from Ran Morrissett and Daniel Wexler.

Classics
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    The Book Of Golfers: A Biographical History Of The Royal & Ancient Game
    by Daniel Wexler


  • A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
    A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
    by Lorne Ruberstein

    A summer in Dornoch.

  • Emerald Gems:The Links of Ireland
    Emerald Gems:The Links of Ireland
    by Laurence Casey Lambrecht

    Beautiful images of the classic Irish links.

  • Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction
    Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction
    by Geo. C. Thomas
  • The Spirit of St. Andrews
    The Spirit of St. Andrews
    by Alister MacKenzie
  • Club Life: The Games Golfers Play
    Club Life: The Games Golfers Play
    by John Steinbreder
  • Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses
    Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses
    by Bradley S. Klein
  • Evangelist of Golf: The Story of Charles Blair MacDonald
    Evangelist of Golf: The Story of Charles Blair MacDonald
    by George Bahto
  • The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design
    The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design
    Treewolf Prod
  • Reminiscences Of The Links
    Reminiscences Of The Links
    by Albert Warren Tillinghast, Richard C. Wolffe, Robert S. Trebus, Stuart F. Wolffe
  • Gleanings from the Wayside
    Gleanings from the Wayside
    by Albert Warren Tillinghast
  • The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
    The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
    by Daniel Wexler
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Wednesday
Apr162008

'08 Masters Cool Stat Of The Week...

Yes, there will never be another like the '86 Masters, we know. Yes, the wind was tough on Sunday. But how can you not notice the difference between what scorign was possible during the weekend then versus now?

From Brett Avery's Golf World stat package, the "Cool Stat of the Week"...

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Reader Comments (10)

Never let nostalgia get in the way of the facts, sir. Am I correct that Nicklaus won at 9 under par, or one shot better than Immelman?
04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterTerry
Terry: You are correct about the numbers, I think, but your comment about the overall scoring total does not address the point of the post. The salient point of the post is that it was once possible to mount a comeback on Masters weekend, as illustrated by the near-universal opinion that Nicklaus's comeback was the pinnacle of such achievements. Moreover, many players mounted a comeback in 1986. From memory only, Faldo v. Norman in 1996 is an example of a brilliant round on Sunday that won the player ; Sergio fired a 66 a few years ago that vaulted him near the top; Phil Mickleson shot 31 on the back nine a few years ago to win the jacket (his first, I think). No one has really made a charge in recent years, and it seems that the reason is that the course will no longer yield to aggressive play.
04.16.2008 | Unregistered Commentercmoore
Reference image:

<Verne L> Maybe... YES SIR!!! </Verne L>

Sorry, couldn't help myself...

04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterJohn G
This is a cool stat, I would love to see lot's of players able to do this again.....

Get the place crazy with excitement....
...ok, but before we go overboard, someone should collect the data for more than 2 years. Maybe the Nicklaus year was unusual, maybe it wasn't. Maybe the course was better then and you had more charges, maybe not. You can't base it on comparing 2 isolated years.
04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterTraveler
Perhaps fixing 15 would be the best place to start. Even the idea that you could have two eagles in a three hole span was enough to excite the fans and ignite the players. I think 13 is still appropriate, but 15 has gone from an eagle opportunity to a grinding par.
04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterRM
Verne Lundquist ripped off the "Yes SIR!" from Ben Wright, who had uttered just 3 holes earlier. Why doesn't anybody ever mention that?
04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterLip Out
The Masters would have been more exciting if Tiger had not have missed makable putts on 13 and 16. Does anyone think the wind may have played a role in the scoring too?
04.16.2008 | Unregistered CommenterWalker
The absolute best stat NOT HEARD was the Fedup cup nonsense. What a relief !!
04.17.2008 | Unregistered CommenterJohn Sullivan
Funny, no body talks about the amount of money they are playing for and the fact that the players don't shoot for the pins because they don't want to make less money. Tell me the name of a modern player who has shown they are capable of attacking the course and going low in the clutch? (when the pressure is on)? Tiger woods is the only guy who cares more about titles than about money, and he nearly got there this year.....a few putts and he would've had it.
04.18.2008 | Unregistered CommenterOld Tom

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