The Spirit of St. Andrews

Author: Alister Mackenzie
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 076790169X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Alister MacKenzie was one of golf's greatest architects. He designed his courses so that players of all skill levels could enjoy the game while still creating fantastic challenges for the most experienced players. Several of MacKenzie's courses, such as Augusta National, Cypress Point, and Pasatiempo, remain in the top 100 today. In his "lost" 1933 manuscript, published for the first time in 1995 and now finally available in paperback, MacKenzie leads you through the evolution of golf--from St. Andrews to the modern-day golf course--and shares his insight on great golf holes, the swing, technology and equipment, putting tips, the USGA, the Royal & Ancient, and more. With fascinating stories about Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, and many others, The Spirit of St. Andrews gives valuable lessons for all golfers as well as an intimate portrait of Alister MacKenzie, a true legend of the game.

Tom Morris of St. Andrews

Author: David Malcolm
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857901079
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495

Book Description
This is the first biography in over 100 years of the great Tom Morris of St Andrews, who presided over one of the most illustrious periods in the history of golf, who - more than anyone before or since in any game - stamped his individual character upon his sport and how, in large measure, made golf what it is today. Born in a humble weaver's cottage in St Andrews in 1821, by the time of his death in 1908, he had become a figure of international renown. When he was buried with all the pomp and ceremony befitting an eminent Victorian, newspapers around the world reported his funeral, followed by his internment below the effigy of his son, Tommy, amidst the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral. In the course of his long life, he witnessed huge social and scientific changes in the world, none more so than in the game of golf that he had, in many respects, overseen and directed. By the time of his death, the game had expanded to become the most popular and geographically widespread of all sports and the essential recreational pursuit of gentlemen. Tom Morris was a sporting hero in an age of heroes, as well as golf's first iconic figure.

Miracle at St. Andrews

Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316422614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
In this inspiring novel, one ordinary man makes the pilgrimage to the mythical greens of St. Andrews—the birthplace of golf—on a search for greatness. If golf novels had a leaderboard, Miracle at St. Andrews would be at the top. Though nobody has ever identified a single secret—no universally accepted truth—to the sport, every real player searches for one. Travis McKinley is one such seeker. A former professional golfer who feels like he's an amateur at the rest of life, he makes a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews. On the course where golf was born, every link, hole, fairway—even the gorse—feels like sacred ground. Ground that can help an ordinary player, an ordinary man, achieve a higher plane.

St Andrews

Author: Scott Macpherson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877393228
Category : Golf
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description

St Andrews

Author: Henry Lord
Publisher: Corinthian
ISBN: 9781906850142
Category : Golf courses
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A stunning visual journey around golf's alma mater with images by renowned golf photographer Kevin Murray.

The St. Andrews Seven

Author: Stuart Piggin
Publisher: Banner of Truth
ISBN: 9780851514284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
"The St. Andrews Seven" is about a university Professor, Thomas Chalmers and six of his students. The story of their years together at Scotland's oldest university is a record of the most remarkable flowering of evangelistic and missionary enthusiasm in the history of Scottish Christianity. --from publisher description.

Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club

Author: Geoff Shackelford
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9781886947641
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Throughout the world, few golf courses are as revered as California’s Cypress Point Club — not just for its breath-taking beauty but for its architectural significance. Located on the Monterey Peninsula along the white sands and steep cliffs that border the Pacific Ocean, the beauty of Cypress Point is the equal of its more famous neighbor Pebble Beach. Unlike Pebble, however, the history of Cypress Point has been relatively unknown. That is, until now. Alister MacKenzie’s Cypress Point Club, by Geoff Shackelford, is a biography of both the creation and the creator of this legendary and elusive layout. Typical of Shackelford’s work, the book is richly detailed and painstakingly assembled. Remarkable vintage photographs and insightful text not only take you back to the 1920s, they take you through the mental and physical process that went into developing each and every hole — including the spectacular 16th, arguably the most famous hole in the world.

The Seed of St. Andrew: The Untold Story of the Rise of Golf

Author: Bill Keenan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304565033
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Playing Cypress Point is a memorable experience, but only part of the larger story of golf. Read about the beginnings at St. Andrews, and the spread of the game beyond Scotland. Learn about the roles King James IV, Old Tom Morris, Francis Ouimet, and Bobby Jones had in this growth, and about one family's place in this stream of events, ending with a trip to Cypress. Written in a Biblical-like style.

The Spirit of Missions

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society.

Grounds for Golf

Author: Geoff Shackelford
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429964235
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 501

Book Description
Golfers dream of playing the legendary courses of the game: St. Andrews, Augusta National, Pinehurst, Pebble Beach. And anyone who has played the royal and ancient sport is an armchair architect at heart. From alterations for their home course to visions of their very own backyard dream course, most golfers would love to test their hands at course design. What makes certain courses timeless? Unlike the venues of other popular recreational sports like tennis and racquetball, whose playing fields are bound by strict measurements that do not vary, each golf course is unique. Offering an endless topographical variety, from short to long, flat or hilly, wet or dry, every course represents a compelling blend of risks versus rewards, with decisions and challenges to test every golfer's game and mental toughness. Combining Geoff Shackelford's informative narrative with detailed illustrations by architect Gil Hanse, Grounds for Golf explains the fundamentals of golf course design in an understandable and entertaining style. Modern photographs, anecdotal sidebars, and witty quotations augment a course design primer that will enhance readers' enjoyment of golf's lore while introducing the fundamentals of course design. By explaining the golf course from the ground up, Grounds for Golf will not only help readers in their understanding of the game, but will help their games themselves.