Golf by Design: How to Lower Your Score by Reading the Features of a Course [SIGNED TWICE & FIRST EDITION]

Jones, Jr., Robert Trent

Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993

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As new condition oversized dark green cloth boards/beige cloth spine/silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Foreword by Tom Watson; Introduction by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.; Afterword: The Nineteenth Hole; Golf Courses Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.; and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, diagrams and drawings. The upper rear jacket edge has some light crinkling; the jacket is otherwise in as new condition (see photographs). Signed TWICE as follows: 1) Signed and inscribed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. with black ink at the upper section of the half title page. Signed again without the "Jr." as follows: "Robert Trent Jones" at the center of the half title page. (see photos). "No one knows more about golf course design than Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the creator of such highly regarded courses as Princeville Golf Resort in Hawaii and Weston Hills Country Club in Florida. Now, in Golf by Design: How to Lower Your Score by Reading the Features of a Course, Jones reveals his secrets to playing better, smarter golf. Drawing on a lifetime of experience as both an accomplished designer and a player, he teaches golfers how to analyze each hole from a designer's perspectivee - how to beat the course by outwitting its architect. From tee to green, from fairway to rough, Jones leads golfers through every step of a designer's strategy, detailing in no-nonsense language how architects use optical illusions, elevation changes, forced carries, trees, sand, and even different types of grass to challenge a golfer's playing skills. He then offers expert strategies for counterattack - from constructing the ideal approach shot to taking advantage of the wind and playing across water. For beginners, Golf by Design is an indispensable introduction to a course's most rigorous challenges, providing invaluable insights into all of the basic, crucial elements of strategy and technique. Golf by Design will teach the sophisticated player and the seasoned pro exactly what they need to know to lower their handicap and permanently improve their game. Peppered with delightful personal anecdotes about the construction of many of the world's most dramatic courses, illustrated throughout with dazzling color photographs and instructive diagrams and drawings, and with a foreword by five-time British Open champion Tom Watson, Golf by Design is a must-have for golf lovers everywhere. It is a not-to-be-missed guide to mastering one of the world's best-loved pastimes." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert Trent Jones, Jr., is the distinguished designer of more than 150 golf courses around the world and has been called "the father of modern environmental golf course architecture." He lives in Palo Alto, California. Seller Inventory # 005340

Bibliographic Details

Title: Golf by Design: How to Lower Your Score by ...

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition