In golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS

It’s back!

Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).

The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.

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Available via Amazon (US): Golf Architecture For Normal People

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June 18, 2021

Quadrilateral: Brace For Bland Headlines! U.S. Open Second Round News And Notes

June 18, 2021/ Geoff Shackelford

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More on midway co-leader Richard Bland, random observations, weather, Peacock antics, quotes, reads and Tweets after 36 holes.

Oh and barring an absurdly early start, Sunday looks like we’ll have another national discussion about threesomes going off split tees to make way for other television programming.

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Geoff Shackelford

Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning Drive, is co-host of The Ringer's ShackHouse is the author of eleven books.