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Book Synopsis Golfing on the Roof of the World by : Rick Lipsey
Download or read book Golfing on the Roof of the World written by Rick Lipsey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Lipsey returned from a vacation with an unusual job offer. After playing a few rounds at Bhutan's Royal Thimphu Golf Club, one of the members asked if he'd consider becoming the kingdom's golf pro. "Sure, I'd love to move to Bhutan," Lipsey flippantly responded. Next thing you know, he, his wife, and their infant daughter are boarding a plane for this remote Himalayan country. With one foot in the ancient world and the other in the twenty-first century, Bhutan is working to successfully meld the old and the new, from subsistence farming and religious festivals to the Internet and World Wrestling Entertainment. In Golfing on the Roof of the World, Rick sets great golf travel writing against the bigger political story of Bhutan's entrance to the modern world. Not only does he teach and play golf in the shadow of the world's tallest peaks, but he also comes to understand the seismic shifts in store for the last Buddhist kingdom where peace and spiritual prosperity have abounded, and the national standard for measuring success is Gross National Happiness.
Book Synopsis Around the World in 80 Rounds by : David Wood
Download or read book Around the World in 80 Rounds written by David Wood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jealous. That’s what I am. Green with golf envy…Why didn’t we think of that? I mean, what golfer worth his, or her, balls wouldn’t want to trade all the troubles of life for the adventure and privilege of teeing it up everywhere from the glacial volcanoes of the Andes to the Arctic Circle in Norway?”--from the foreword by Turk Pipkin At 47, David Wood sold everything he owned and set out to fulfill every golfer’s dream: For one year, he traveled the world (covering 60,000 miles and every continent except Antartica) by plane, boat, train, motorcycle and rickshaw, to play the game he loves in the most exotic locales, including the world’s highest, driest, hottest, coldest, and most remote golf courses, and lived to tell the tale. Along the way, he met a bevy of fascinating characters, including surly cabbies, taxi drivers with a death wish, welcoming golf course managers, threatening kangaroos, and golf pros out for a quick game. David faced dire situations, such as bouts of food poisoning in India and Egypt, altitude sickness in Argentina, getting booted out of the Ukraine by armed guards, and muddling through with limited language skills, but through it all he maintained a sense of humor and of course his passion for golf, which he played every chance he got.
Book Synopsis Golf's Finest Par Threes by : Michael Bartlett
Download or read book Golf's Finest Par Threes written by Michael Bartlett and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orwell Brennan, Chief of Police in Dockerty, Newry County, can't resist digging into the death of a man found in a tree with two arrows in his stomach.
Book Synopsis Golf on the Roof of the World by : Edward John Hart
Download or read book Golf on the Roof of the World written by Edward John Hart and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis How to Play the World's Most Exclusive Golf Clubs by : John Sabino
Download or read book How to Play the World's Most Exclusive Golf Clubs written by John Sabino and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most exclusive golf clubs in the world are special places that elicit feelings of awe and wonder from most golfers. How great would it be to play some of the storied venues of the game such as Winged Foot, Riviera or Muirfield? Or, the ultimate for any golfer, Augusta National, home of the Masters? How to Play the World’s Most Exclusive Golf Clubs highlights the many ways that golfers can enter the world’s elite clubs, located in some of the most beautiful locations in the world. How do you go about gaining access to some of some of golf’s hallowed grounds? Who do you have to know? How do you find a member? What is the etiquette to follow? This book gives insights into what has worked for the author and other motivated golfers. An avid golfer and student of golf history, John brings an unparalleled enthusiasm, a unique perspective, and an insider’s insights to the task. Throughout each chapter there are personal stories about the author’s experience and unique stories about some of the lengths to which golfers have gone to gain access to golf’s premier venues. The proliferation of golf course ratings by magazines, combined with the expanded information about golf courses and golf architecture that the Internet age has brought to the fore, has created a new and expanding group of golf aficionados who dream of playing at exclusive golf courses and are eager to learn the secrets of doing so. This book’s coverage of more than 125 global clubs will be perfect for any player. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Golfers Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Long Island Golf written by Phil Carlucci and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the European sport of golf found its way to Long Island and took root in the Hamptons at Shinnecock Hills in 1891, its journey across the Atlantic served as the opening drive of a recreational era that now spans three centuries. Home to more than 130 golf courses, the area boasts prestigious American clubs overlooking picturesque Atlantic bays and inlets, along with public layouts climbing and descending the region's sloping terrain. Long Island is home to the most popular municipal golf facility in the country, the centerpiece of which is Bethpage Black, "the People's Country Club." Celebrated architects like A.W. Tillinghast, Devereux Emmet, Seth Raynor, and C.B. Macdonald built many of Long Island's famous courses, which have challenged the brightest of golf's stars. International tournaments and star-studded exhibitions have all been decided on Long Island turf, helping it grow into one of the world's most prominent golf settings.
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Book Synopsis Golf for Enlightenment by : Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Download or read book Golf for Enlightenment written by Deepak Chopra, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2003-03-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deepak Chopra has discovered the delights—and frustrations—of golf, and he is passionate about the game. Confronted by the wild ups and downs of his own play, he consulted with golf professionals and developed a new approach to the game that any golfer can follow—from the novice to the expert. The results can be measured not only in increased enjoyment and skill, but also in greater wisdom about life beyond the 18th hole. Chopra’s own game has improved dramatically since incorporating the elements of his program. Instead of focusing on the mechanics of a “perfect” swing, Chopra reveals how golf can be mastered through mindfulness, a form of awareness that combines sharp focus and relaxation at the same time. Expanded awareness, he tells us, can accomplish much more than external mechanics to improve one’s game. But Golf for Enlightenment is also an engrossing story about Adam, an Everyman who is playing a terrible round of golf when he meets a mysterious young teaching pro named Leela. In seven short but profound lessons detailing spiritual strategies, she teaches Adam the essence of a game that has much to explain about life itself. Chopra has spent the last year taking the unique message in Golf for Enlightenment nationwide, teaching the essential tenets of his program at lectures and seminars to golfers everywhere. His message continues to help players turn an obsession into a positive life path.
Book Synopsis One Move to Better Golf by : Carl Lohren
Download or read book One Move to Better Golf written by Carl Lohren and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, Carl Lohren made a breakthrough, and One Move to Better Golf explains it all. Highly regarded as an instructor and player in the New York Metropolitan PGA Section, Lohren formed his ideal golf swing after years of studying master golfer Ben Hogan. His eyes were opened at the 1964 Carling Open when he watched Hogan select an 8-iron and take a short swing on a 150 yard shot. To Lohren's surprise, Hogan's ball exploded off the clubface and wound up ten feet from the pin! This inspired Lohren to start his swing by turning his left shoulder as Hogan had. Immediately upon doing so, Carl's ball flight took on a different look: it had a piercing trajectory, with plenty of carry and roll. Carl continued to refine his method, so that in 1968, he won the NY State PGA Championship in a playoff over former Ryder Cup player Bill Collins. In One Move to Better Golf, Lohren explains a simple method of starting the golf swing with one move that incorporates the fundamentals. In doing so, he gives you a framework of confidence for your swing. He also provides students with a complete methodology of the physical and mental preparation necessary for effective shotmaking. Whether you are a low or high handicapper, One Move to Better Golf will give you a clear understanding of the total golf swing.
Download or read book The 19th Hole written by Richard Diedrich and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th Hole examines the design of many of the world's great golf clubhouses. It's part of the IMAGES series of titles that looks exclusively at world-best practice in architecture. The book is a photographic feast of the often-sumptuous clubhouse fit-outs that accompanies golfing at these illustrious courses. This book is endorsed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, who names author Richard Diedrich in his foreword as possibly the only person he has ever met who truly understands the synergy that must coexist between golf courses and their clubhouses. Nicklaus and Diedrich paired up more than 25 years ago to design many of the world's newest and most prestigious clubs. Many of the world's most established and legendary courses are featured, including the Augusta National Golf Club, the Winged Foot Golf Club and the Congressional Country Club, to name a few. What makes this book outstanding, however, is its presentation of many new clubs that are destined to rank among the world's legendary clubs. These include 40 recently designed and built clubs in the United States that set the standard for designing clubs around the world, which is appropriate when it is considered that more than half of the world's 32,000 golf courses can be found within the United States.
Book Synopsis In Every Kid There Lurks A Tiger by : Rudy Duran
Download or read book In Every Kid There Lurks A Tiger written by Rudy Duran and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more parents are taking their children out onto the golf course, yet few of them are effective teachers or coaches. With this book, Tiger Woods' childhood golf instructor, Rudy Duran, instructs parents on how to nurture confidence and enthusiasm in young players. Golf can be a frustrating and complex game, and beginners, especially children and young adults, can easily become disheartened and overwhelmed. Children are naturally optimistic, which makes them terrific learners. Duran discusses how parents can preserve and foster their child's positive outlook, and keep out the negative qualities that end up plaguing so many golfers. Duran cultivates players' enthusiasm by making lessons fun, and basic. With anecdotes and step-by-step techniques, he offers a formula for parents who are struggling to find the balance between encouraging and instructing their children in the world of golf.
Download or read book Golf written by Curtis D. Benton, Jr. and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Senior Golf Association consisted of 900 men. Twenty four men are selected annually for the International Team. One year the team plays the Europeans for the King Leopold Cup, the next year they play the Japanese for the Prince Nabashima-Quittner Trophy. Managing 24 men and their wives and the golf matches is more than one man can handle. Fortunately I had four men who helped me 'stay the course' during my years as Captain from 1985 - 1993. 'This book will greatly enrich your love for the game of golf as well as your love for the Lord Jesus Christ. I share both of these loves with Curtis. Hopefully this book will stir you to use the game of golf to spread God's love to all those you come in contact with. It contains some wonderful stories which will bless you as they have me.' -Wally Armstrong, PGA Professional
Book Synopsis The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes by : George Peper
Download or read book The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes written by George Peper and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides descriptions and anecdotes about the greatest golf holes from courses around the world.
Download or read book Dream Golf written by Stephen Goodwin and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating study of Keiser's evolution as a golf entrepreneur...Any golfer interested in how things work will find it a worthy read. This, one suspects, is how the West was truly won."---Travel & Leisure Golf "This is much more than a golf book; it's the story of one man's unshakable vision and the extraordinary people who helped him bring it to life."---George Peper, former editor in chief, Golf Magazine "What a pleasure when a good story lands in the hands of a good storyteller...Goodwin does a wonderful job of conveying the modern golf world through Keiser's unique set of values."---Golfweek "Dream Golf will appeal to golfers and lovers of golf history on multiple levels: as a crash course in golf-course architecture; as an insider's look at how golf holes are designed and constructed; and as a surprisingly inspirational account of how a golf course built the old-fashioned way can inspire a `sense of the sublime' in all who tread its fairways...[A] very special book."---Booklist "This is a story about a modern day miracle worker...Tells the incredible story behind the creation of these marvelous courses on the coast of Oregon...Author Goodwin [is] a literary man who knows how to tell stories with details that hold your attention...Go buy the book---it will make you go to Bandon for sure."---Golf Today "The story line behind Bandon Dunes sounds a little too perfect, as if it were scripted as a marketing ploy. In fact, it was the opposite, just a guy building the kind of golf course he himself would want to play---and tapping into something smart."---The Wall Street Journal This Is The Story of a man with a dream---as well as the vision and passion to make it come true. The dream was to build a great American links course, one that would contain all the excitement of the famous golfing destinations in Scotland and Ireland, storied places like St. Andrews and Ballybunion. The man was Mike Keiser, an entrepreneur and amateur golf enthusiast, founder of the successful company Recycled Paper Greetings, and Dream Golf is the story of how, with the help of some of the most colorful---and occasionally controversial---men in golf, he transformed a remote area on Oregon's Pacific coast into not one but four of the most stunning, challenging, and highly ranked courses in the world. These courses---Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails, and the newly opened Old Macdonald---are the antithesis of most modern American golf courses, where the features have been shaped by bulldozers and all too often look sleek, manicured, and artificial. All the holes at the Bandon complex have evolved naturally and are molded to fit the rugged, heaving coastal terrain, creating courses that provide much the same experience as playing the legendary "links" courses of the British Isles. With all three courses ranked in the Top 100 in the country by Golfweek, Golf Digest, and Golf Magazine, the courses at Bandon provide a "pure" golf experience, pitting the golfer against the elements, allowing the land to dictate the course, making players feel engaged with both nature and the game. When Bandon Trails, the third course in the complex, opened, Golf Odyssey magazine proclaimed, "Bandon Trails cements Bandon Dunes' position as the single best place to play golf in the world." Now with the opening of a fourth course, this one named Old Macdonald in honor of Charles Blair Macdonald, the father of American golf course architecture and the founder of the United States Golf Association, golfers will have an opportunity to experience an even more rugged, untamed version of the game. In this revised and expanded edition, Stephen Goodwin recounts the arduous task involved in creating this monumental new course, designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Doak. Featuring the classic principles and strategies that Macdonald incorporated into his own courses, Doak has shaped eighteen holes that pay tribute to the legendary Macdonald while offering a totally new and exciting experience. Dream Golf provides a gripping account of how one man thoroughly transformed his dream into reality and celebrates the imagination and daring that went into shaping one of America's most outstanding golf resorts.
Book Synopsis Golfing on the World's Most Exceptional Courses by : Mark Rowlinson
Download or read book Golfing on the World's Most Exceptional Courses written by Mark Rowlinson and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
