The years between 1910 and 1937 will always be known as the "golden age of golf design." The reason is because many of the greatest course architects in the history of the game were all at work during this era, and a number of America's most famous layouts were created. Geoff Shackelford's The Golden Age of Golf Design is an insightful analysis of those revered courses and the talented men that designed them. The list of architects working during the Golden Age is a "Who's Who" of golf -- including Ross, MacKenzie, ...
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The years between 1910 and 1937 will always be known as the "golden age of golf design." The reason is because many of the greatest course architects in the history of the game were all at work during this era, and a number of America's most famous layouts were created. Geoff Shackelford's The Golden Age of Golf Design is an insightful analysis of those revered courses and the talented men that designed them. The list of architects working during the Golden Age is a "Who's Who" of golf -- including Ross, MacKenzie, Tillinghast, Crump, Raynor and Wilson. Incredibly, the layouts they built back then -- often with only bare hands and horses to do the work -- annually make up the majority of today's Top 100 Courses in America.
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Dust jacket in very good condition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. The dust jacket has been placed in protective mylar for preservation. The text block includes extensive photographs to supplement the text. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good+ in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; First Printing; Number line, ÔøΩ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1"; Dust jacket is moderately edgeworn with one closed edge-tear, but is overall clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Boards are clean and glossy with "straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium, Oblong Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 2.5 lbs; Reddish dust jacket with illustration of golf course, and title in gold lettering; 1999, John Wiley Publishing; 216 pages; "The Golden Age of Golf Design, " by Geoff Shackelford.
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Very good. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Gift inscription to front end page.
