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To a majority of the millions of golfers around the world, the subject of golf course design often seems foreign and intimidating. Yet, the overwhelming reason cited for playing golf is an attraction to the beautiful and often ingeniously designed courses where the game is played. Grounds for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Geoff Shackelford: Add a description of this character.
- Alister Mackenzie
- Donald Ross
- Bobby Jones
- Gil
- A. W. Tillinghast
- Jack Nicklaus
- George Thomas
- C. B. Macdonald
- Pete Dye
- Crump
- Tom Morris
- Lynn Shackelford
- Allan Robertson
- Tom Simpson
- Robert Hunter
- Carl Spackler
- Jim Wagner
- Ben Crenshaw
- Seth Raynor
- Tom Fazio
- Dan Jenkins
- Bill Coore
- Mike Miller
- Perry Maxwell
- Marion Hollins
- William Langford
- William Flynn
- Bernard Darwin
- Tom Doak
Setting & Locations edit
- St. Andrews
- Pine Valley
- Scotland
- America
- Augusta National
- New York
- California
- Riviera
- Rustic Canyon
- Pinehurst
- Bethpage Black
- England
- Road
- United States
- Usga
- Cypress Point
- New Jersey
- Bermuda
- North Berwick
- Merion
- Long Island
- Philadelphia
- Pacific Ocean
- Ireland
- Australia
- Prestwick
- Pennsylvania
- Southampton
- Hollywood
- Bethpage State Park
- Sand Hills
First Sentence edit
If you fused the wounds of master architect Tom Simpson and golfing great Bobby Jones, you might assume that golf courses are "infallible tribunals" where we become the "dogged victims of inexorable fate."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Geoff Shackelford (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 796.352068
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