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Title: The New Encyclopedia of Golf : The Definitive Guide to the World of Golf - Courses, Champions, Characters, Traditions
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0789480360
ISBN 13: 9780789480361
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 4.716 pounds

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This popular reference book has been fully updated and expanded to include the latest international tournaments and celebrated names as well as new championship courses. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of spectacular full-color photographs and with a new introduction focusing on the modern game and its players, this is the perfect companion for anyone with a passion for golf. Walk the Greatest Championship Courses: Spectacular photography and specially commissioned maps transport you to the most challenging and beautiful courses in the world. Walk-the-course commentaries highlight the significant features of each course so that you feel you are actually standing on the fairway yourself. Meet the World's Most Talented Players: Leading golf journalist Malcolm Campbell has interviewed many of the legendary names in golf, as well as today's greatest players. Featuring 100 golfing champions, the updated Hall of Fame profiles acknowledged masters such as Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, and Jack Nicklaus as well as the modern superstars--Tiger Woods, David Duval, Lee Westwood, and Sergio Garcia. A Unique Visual History: A comprehensive, richly illustrated section brings golfing traditions vividly to life. Embodying the spirit of the game over the centuries, The New Encyclopedia of Golf will have long-lasting historical values as well as being an irresistible read for all lovers of golf today.

About the Author

Malcolm Campbell has lived in Scotland-the birthplace of the game-all his life. He has been a sports editor, category-one golfer and golf club administrator. In 1981 Campbell joined Golf Monthly and turned it into Europe's most widely read golf publication. For ten years he covered all the major golf championships, interviewing the leading golfers and playing the world's top championship courses. In 1990 he decided to pursue a wider career in golf journalism and golf consultancy. Foreword by George Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America. Alick A. Watt, a former professional and one of the world's foremost authorities on early golfing equipment, has one of the finest collections of golfing memorabilia in the world today. Bobby Burnet is the former Historian to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and an internationally respected authority on the history of golf. Brian D. Morgan is indisputably the world's leading photographer of golf courses. His work has been published in numerous magazines and at countless exhibitions, including the Nikon Gallery in New York's Rockefeller Center.

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