Classics of Golf Profile
/Sean Mayer in The Journal News profiles Michael Beckerich and his efforts to resurrect the Classics of Golf reprint series.
When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Golf Course Design by Cornish/Hurdzan
/Today I received my paperback copy of Geoffrey Cornish and Michael Hurdzan's new bibliography of golf architecture writings, Golf Course Design. Grant Books (www.grantbooks.co.uk) published it and has created three editions: paper, a limited 425 edition and a 75 leather bound signed edition.
You can poke around the Grant Books website to find the various editions. But just on an initial glance, the book is outstanding (though I'm biased, several of my books are featured and praised). From the web site:
The book is divided into three sections: Part I: The Architecture of Golf, a chronology which discussses the evoloution of golf course design, architecture and construction. Part II: The Literature of Golf Design, which deals with the literature of golf design, land marks in the literature of golf design, biographies of golf architects, architects who are authors. Part III: The Bibliography which is devided into various sections. Part IV: Arrangements of Large Collections. Part V: Resources. The appendix includes short title index and the index of authors. This is a landmark production in the field of golf course design. The extensive bibliography is graded in both importance and value.
PGA Home Library
/The PGA of America announces a rare book reprint series...
"Virtual Janet"
/Ken Klavon introduces the USGA's exciting new online research tool named after longtime curator Janet Seagle.
Darwin's Gift
/Jeff Silverman on Bernard Darwin.
If you don't have Jeff's compilation of Darwin's best, check out the Recommended Reading box on the left for the direct link to Amazon where you can read up on this must have book.
More Book Reviews...
/My latest Golfobserver.com column reviewing books by Strege, Bamberger, Feherty and Santella is now posted. I know you've been counting the days.
Feherty's Mail Bag
/Always great fun. I'm reading his latest and review it in my Golfobserver.com book column, which should appear sometime soon.
Klein Reviews
/Brad Klein reviews some new golf books, including a few architecture related titles.
When War Played Through
/I've added John Strege's When War Played Through to the Recommended Reading link on the left. A full review will appear on Golfobserver.com, but of what I've read, Strege has put together a fascinating look at the role of golf during wartime while shining a light on some fascinating American heroes.
The Fiction Issue!?
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The latest Golf World is dubbed "The Fiction Issue." Now, I was excited when I first saw the cover. (Online of course. My print copy won't arrive for at least two weeks if the issue is at all heavy! Oh wait, it's my postman reading, I forgot.)
Anyway, seeing that at least half of the fiction pieces are reprinted short stories, well, I could point out about six or seven "packages" Golf World might want to try before regurgitating stuff that has appeared in several books and reprints. But what's the point?
