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World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are Played | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Rowlinson
Publisher: Hamlyn
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 89296
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Ill
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 10 x 1.7
ISBN: 0600617947
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780600617945
ASIN: 0600617947
Publication Date: November 4, 2008
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Product Description
When The World Atlas of Golf was first published, it set the standard by taking a uniquely global view of the game and the architects of course design. Now, more than 30 years later, it’s completely revised with new text, spectacular illustrations, and dazzling photographs. From revered links, like St Andrews, to hidden gems, like Casa De Campo in the Dominican Republic, it covers the seminal and most architecturally brilliant courses. Stunningly designed feature pages provide a thorough understanding of the golfing scene throughout the world—including regions that the World Atlas never included before. There are even maps showing locations of key clubs, plus sumptuous computer-generated artworks of each course, filled with impressive detail, and “cutaways” of signature holes.
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a great new edition of a classic December 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
as a golf-obsessed adolescent, the first edition of this book was one of my prized possessions. i spent many hours poring over the lovingly hand-painted layouts and reading about the history of all the famous courses i hoped to play one day.
a few years ago i discovered that the book had been updated several times since i was a kid, and i bought a copy of the 2005 edition. on the whole, i was pretty disappointed. i was pleased that the book had been updated, but the craftsmanship that went into the new layout diagrams -- which, for me, were the key feature of the book -- had declined noticeably. on the whole, the new additions looked rushed and cheap.
given that, i approached the new version with some apprehension, but it exceeded my expectations. the hand-painted layouts have been replaced by enhanced aerial/satellite photographs, and the new edition includes a number of courses which have not been featured before.
i think there is still some room for improvement -- if the publisher reads this and wants some feedback from a lifelong fan, please don't hestitate to contact me! :-) -- but on the whole this is a great return to form. the gazetteer section is gone to make room for expanded entries, and i'd love to see a second volume in this new format which includes some of the courses which didn't make it into this one.
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