Series in Golf
Books in Golf
Fairways and Greens
"Tell me about plumbing, fine. Tell me about carpentry, terrace gardening, the timer on VCRs. Go ahead and explain cellophane. Tell me about all of these things, but don't try to tell me about golf, okay? Golf I know."--Dan Jenkins After four decades of covering golf-not to mention "playing scratch from the blues and gambling for my own money when I didn't have any", Dan Jenkins most definitely knows golf. He may, in fact, know the game better than anyone on the planet. Now, his latest and long awaited collection brings together his best writing on the game, from serious pieces on timeless classics like the 1954 Masters and the 1960 Open to humorous takes on everything from the best things in golf-the best bar is Club XIX in the Pebble Beach Lodge-to his unrequited love of golf carts. With a cast that includes everyone from Hogan, Palmer, and Nicklaus to all of the lurkers and spoilers on the PGA Tour, the book is a timeless addition to great golf literature.
How to Play Golf
Want to learn to play golf? This 2011 edition of a world famous book will teach you the ins and outs of golfing. This is a revision of the world’s most well-known book on the subject, How To Play Golf written by H. J. Whigham in 1892. The book describes the rules of golf as revised by the Royal and ancient golf club of St. Andrews in 1891. How To Play Golf covers every aspect of the game: it provides advice to beginners, swinging tips, putting instructions, and even a guide to building your own golf course. Learn the difference between wooden and iron clubs, hand positions, and grips; this guide will help you develop a correct stance and a winning swing. How To Play Golf provides extensive knowledge of the rules of the game and golfing etiquette, this 2011 edition includes tips and tricks from some of the world’s best golf players, a review of some of the best golf courses in the United States, and a Golfing Dictionary with over 100 golf terms. This is the only book you’ll ever need if you are serious about learning how to play golf.
In Love with a Wanton
This new collection of witty and thoughtful musings on the world of golf consists of four essays that are presented together here for the first time: Playing With Better Players, In Love With AWanton, Walking Insomnia, and On Being A Senior Golfer. They are printed letterpress and bound in brown moroccan goatskin, handmade pastepaper and celestial endpapers especially designed for the edition by Tania Lee who has also created 12 amusing and beautiful original illustrations that are printed in vibrant color. The book is presented in a velvet lined, black linen traycase and the edition is limited to 250 copies each of which is numbered and signed by the author, illustrator and publisher. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Few authors in the past fifty years have garnered more recognition in the literary community than John Updike. A two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Mr. Updike has also been honored with the Rosenthal, the Howells Medal, the National Book Award for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, and the National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. During the course of his prestigious career, he has authored over 40 books, including some 17 novels, and has been bestowed with 6 honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, Harvard. His multitude of award-winning short stories have made countless appearances in The New Yorker, O. Henry Prize Stories, and The Best American Short Stories. Heir to the legacies of Hawthorne and Howells, John Updike's mammoth talent places him at the center of the contemporary American literary elite. THORNWILLOW PRESS In the tradition of Renaissance bookmakers, Thornwillow letterpress-prints and binds beautiful limited-edition books that are of the highest quality. Each title is meticulously designed and carefully hand crafted.
Passion For Golf
A great writer explores the spiritual, mental, and physical joys of golf.
The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
From the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played comes The Grand Slam , a riveting, in-depth look at the life and times of golf icon Bobby Jones. In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, an amateur golfer who had already won nine of the seventeen major championships he'd entered during the last seven years, mounted his final campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. A natural, self-taught player, Jones made his debut at the U.S. Amateur Championship at the age of 14. But for the next seven years, Jones struggled in major championships, and not until he turned 21 in 1923 would he harness his immense talent. What the world didn't know was that throughout his playing career the intensely private Jones had longed to retreat from fame's glaring spotlight. While the press referred to him as "a golfing machine," the strain of competition exacted a ferocious toll on his physical and emotional well-being. During the season of the Slam he constantly battled exhaustion, nearly lost his life twice, and came perilously close to a total collapse. By the time he completed his unprecedented feat, Bobby Jones was the most famous man not only in golf, but in the history of American sports. Jones followed his crowning achievement with a shocking announcement: his retirement from the game at the age of 28. His abrupt disappearance from the public eye into a closely guarded private life helped create a mythological image of this hero from the Golden Age of sports that endures to this day.
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The book that hits the sweet spot is now a major motion picture! Announcing the official movie tie-in edition of Mark Frost+s award-winning The Greatest Game Ever PlayedThe riveting tale of one of golf+s most defining moments comes to life on-screen this fall from Walt Disney Pictures+and is sure to spark renewed interest in Mark Frost+s sensational book of the same name.The movie The Greatest Game Ever Played is directed by Bill Paxton and stars Shia LaBeouf (I, Robot), Stephen Dillane (King Arthur, The Hours), Peter Firth (Pearl Harbor), Elias Koteas, and Peyton List. It will be released in September +05 from Walt Disney Pictures.
The Ten Commandments of Golf Etiquette
The Ten Commandments of Golf Etiquette is a book for people new to the game. It offers no advice on technique; instead, it is a primer on how to behave on the golf course: how to be safe, be considerate of others, play at a good pace, and how to understand the complex etiquette and unwritten code involved in a round of golf with others. There are also brief descriptions of the most commonly-encountered rules, a list of necessary equipment, and a glossary of golf terms. This small book is designed so that the new player will step onto the course and feel immediately at home.