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The Golf Course Hall of Fame: The Story of North American Golf Told Through Its Courses

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If only those sand bunkers and water hazards could talk about the things they've seen. Here they get their chance...There are 18,000 golf courses, more or less in some form or other, in North America. This is where the story of the game is written. It is a sprawling tale but a select few have contributed so mightily to the golf narrative of the past 125 years that they belong in a Hall of Fame. It is on theses courses that one finds not just the great champions, the great tournaments and the great architects but the story of senior golf...women's golf...televised golf...African American golf...retirement golf...miniature golf...collegiate golf...vacation golf...public golf...corporate golf...golf in the movies...nine-hole golf...Olympics golf...Since King Ludwig I of Bavaria introduced the concept of the Hall of Fame in the mid-19th century the herding together of immortals has become an American thing. There are an estimated 3,000 halls of fame for everything from hot dogs to pinball to mascots - but until now, not golf courses. Golf has had a stormy relationship with halls of fame. The first official pantheon of golf - for players mostly and a few architects and contributors - was created in Pinehurst in 1974 by a land development company. When the corporation imploded in the 1980s the Hall of Fame was left to languish for almost two decades until it was rescued by the PGA Tour and transplanted to its World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida.Golf courses have gotten their due from list-makers on the golfing merits of the course. You will not find the likes of Niagara-on-the-Lake and Tam O'Shanter and Grande Oaks on those lists. But those are the types of courses integral to telling the story of North American golf. It is a story that cuts across politics and celebrities and Civil Rights and, once in a while, a gangster or two. No tee times required, just put it on the peg to get started.You will want to discover...Who invented that golf tee? What course spawned the mulligan? Why Margaret Abbott never knew she was the first woman to win an Olympic medal? What was the first "open" championship to feature players from every state? What course had the first driving range? What course pioneered the golf cart fleet? What was considered the first million-dollar course to build? What was the home course of the Three Stooges? What course has a real bunker - intended for use by the federal government in the event of a nuclear attack? What celebrated 19th century architect set the standard for golf clubhouses? Who was the model for the golfer atop the Ryder Cup? What course is its own borough complete with government officials? What course inspired the Stimpmeter? What course got its name from near-sighted Harvard baseball players? What course was Arnold Palmer playing when he met his wife Winnie?
About the Author: Doug Gelbert is the author of more than 40 books, including Centennial histories of Spring Lake Golf Club in New Jersey and Teugega Country Club in Rome, New York. He has never met a golf course that could not teach him a thing or two.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781935771296
  • Publisher: Cruden Bay Books
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1935771299
  • Publisher Date: 15 Feb 2016
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 184
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 331 gr

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