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"Backspin" is a comprehensive overview of everything golf-related in BC. Veteran sportswriter Arv Olson's work on the trailblazers and the growth of the game and the province's golf courses was "the preeminent resource" on golf history when he self-published "Backspin" in 1992. This first Heritage H...

The true story of the dramatic 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, which changed the competition in golf forever. The 1991 Ryder Cup began in 1985. Up to then, the biennial match between all-star teams of golf professionals from America and Europe was more ceremonial exhibition than real competition, ...

The first putting book in more than a decade from the world's best-known-- and bestselling--golf instructor. With numerous bestselling books, coast-to-coast golf schools, and lessons to elite pros, Dave Pelz has founded an empire based upon his scientific approach to the game. His last putting book...

The essays in this book arise from the premise that Tiger Woods is not simply a phenomenal player but is also an Everyman who has displayed all-too-human foibles and weaknesses. The first half of the collection focuses on Tiger's superman game and how he has affected, and been affected by, the golfi...

"The Pro Tours's hottest coach" ("Golf Digest") scores the perfect follow-up to his bestselling golf guide, "Unconscious Putting." Dave Stockton is hotter than ever. The 2011 U.S. Open winner, Rory McIlroy, studied with the renowned instructor and two-time former PGA champion, and credits Stockton's...

Every golfer longs for the opportunity to play as many great golf holes as possible. Fully updated for 2012 it contains over 800 illustrations from international golf courses across the world, 1001 Golf Holes is a truly comprehensive guide to the world's ultimate golf holes. Fact boxes provide insta...

Dr. Parent has drawn on a career coaching the masters to write a hundred simple yet powerful tips for improving any golfer's score, from the essentials of the mental game to helpful hints to keep your composure. Each of Dr. Parent's texts is accompanied by insightful illustrations compiled from the ...

The Ryder Cup is one of the world's most prestigious sporting contests. Fiercely fought every two years, it uniquely pits teams from two golfing giants - Europe and the USA - against each other in a sport that is more usually associated with individual play. But this is no exhibition match - nothing...

In golf, as in law, ignorance is no excuse. Inadvertently lifting a ball without permission, or removing a certain type of obstruction, will lead to penalty strokes and possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat. The rules of golf have been formulated to ensure orderly play, resolve dis...

Born in a humble weaver's cottage in 1821, he, more than anyone, before or since, in large measure made golf what it is today. The record of Tom and his prodigiously gifted son, Tommy, is astonishing. Between them they won eight of the first twelve Open Championships and are still respectively the o...

Rory's amazing amateur career saw him conquer Ireland and Europe before topping the World Amateur Rankings in 2007. But he really came to prominence with his superb opening three-under-par 68 in the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie. He went on to accpet the Silver Medal as leading amateur. Desp...

Filled with vibrant photos that capture the majesty of the natural landscape--from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains--this luscious guide provides a captivating look at the finest golf courses in British Columbia and Alberta. Including holes from nearly 100 challenging, historic, and scenic g...

An instructional guide to the perfect swing from one of golf's most successful players and well-known television commentators.Nick Faldo is considered one of the world's most complete golfers. For years he analyzed his game in search of the perfect swing. In this extensive book--the fully updated an...

For years, the importance of strength training for golfers was maligned or dismissed as being, at best, an unimportant consideration in improving the golfer's game. But now that more and more professional and amateur golfers have turned to strength training to augment their game with outstanding res...

Recognised the world over as the 'Home of Golf', St Andrews Links has borne witness to over 600 years of golfing history. That the game evolved and developed into its final form here has never been in question. One golf course has now become seven, and many of golf's most dramatic moments, affecting...

The inspirational story of a golfing legend and one of the game's defining contests. The year: 1926. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is hosting the world's oldest and most prestigious golf tournament - The Open Championship. A stellar field of players has assembled from both sides of the Atlanti...

Gary Sutherland was a lapsed golfer, until he acquired his late dad's putter. After studying a crumpled golf map of Scotland, Gary decided to embark on a voyage. His target was to play 18 rounds of golf on 18 Scottish islands in honour of his dad, a ship's captain who, when he wasn't at sea, was nev...

Ever since he was a two-year-old golf prodigy, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods has often been viewed less as a human being and more as a ball-striking machine - and his carefully guarded image and emotionless persona seemed to guarantee that it would remain that way. Even after his recent bombshell adultery s...

The art of the deal was perfected at the Las Vegas Country Club. For fifty years, the movers and shakers - among them bankers, attorneys, entertainers, business leaders, and, yes, mobsters - have been drawn to "the Beverly Hills of Las Vegas" to play golf, eat lunch, and chart the future of this wor...

Virtually all of Rube Goldberg's golf machines are reproduced in vivid colour in this new book along with many of his golf cartoons and much of his extensive and hilarious writings on the game of golf.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Jigsaw Puzzle of the Past; Mainly About the Campbells & the Brow...

The little book of golf

Golf is one the most widely played sports in the UK - recent European success in the Ryder cup and the emergence of a new generation of younger golfers has ensured its continued popularity. As a sport, it has evolved considerably in the last 8 years (since Tiger Woods first dominated) - physical str...

The complete definitive history of The Ryder Cup.Table of ContentsPreface to 2004 edition; The Three Pillars of the British Empire; Europe, Japan & a Response to the Oil Shock; Imposing the New World Order; From Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil; A New Millennium for Oil Geopolitics; The Lines are Dra...

A hilarious and poignant memoir about a Harvard student who comes of age as a golf caddie on St. Andrews's fabled Old Course. In the middle of Oliver Horovitz's high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone rang: It was Harvard. He'd been accepted, but he couldn't start for another year. A caddi...

In Grown at Glen Garden, the early friendship of Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson is shown, from their caddying days at Glen Garden Country Club to their chummy rivalry at the Masters decades later. With a peek at their family backgrounds, the story shows both the hardships and joys of growing up and lear...

The story of two good friends and the divergent roads they took to glory together at the Masters.Table of ContentsPreface to 2004 edition; The Three Pillars of the British Empire; Europe, Japan & a Response to the Oil Shock; Imposing the New World Order; From Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil; A New M...

For those interested in the early days of professional golf the story of Jack Grout and golf begins in 1915 and then takes them all the way forward to the 1980s and the making of todays modern golf tour. Along the way readers will be delighted with stories of Jack's relationship with golfing legends...

In this intimately-penned biography following the life and times of the Golden Bear, author Mark Shaw takes readers on a trip through history from Jack Nicklaus 's childhood and early golf training with his mentor, Jack Grout, to his success on the Senior PGA Tour. Along the way, Jack Nicklaus: Golf...

First published in 1976, The World Atlas of Golf was the first book to take a global view of the sport and the history and architects of course design. Now, over 30 years later, it's better than ever. Completely new text has been written by an expert panel comprising course designers, ex-tour Pros, ...

Nick Faldo is considered one of the world's most complete golfers. For years he analysed his game in search of the perfect swing. In this extensive book-the fully updated and revised version of a timeless golf classic-he shares his experience and the skills of that game. Faldo explains the principle...

Sam Torrance is British golf's greatest personality. Well known and loved for his insights and anecdotes in his commentary, he divulges tall tales from the great, the good and the not-so-good in the world of golf, from Ryder Cup clinching moments to what really goes on in the clubhouse bar, Sam will...