- Gebundene Ausgabe: 361 Seiten
- Verlag: Sleeping Bear Press (Mai 1996)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1886947090
- ISBN-13: 978-1886947092
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 29,2 x 21,8 x 3,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (7 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.477.762 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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One of the better young contemporary course designers and a contributing editor to Golf Magazine, Tom Doak has assembled a brash, coffee-table volume of observations and analyses that'll have golfers salivating and pulling their hair out at the same time (when they're not debating his findings over refreshments at the 19th hole). Not only does Doak rate and review hundreds of courses throughout the U.S.--by region and state--and around the world, he offers a "Gourmet Guide" to the 31 layouts he'd personally like to play with friends: Anyone not up for the likes of Pine Valley, Merion, St. Andrews, Riviera, and Ballybunion?
Most fun, though, is the "Gazeteer" Doak concludes with. It offers list after list of roll calls like the most beautiful clubhouses, best walks, courses worth groveling to play, courses most fun to play, hardest courses, longest courses, best opening holes, best finishing holes, and unusual hazards (like the goats at Lahinch, the wild horses at Pennard, and the railway at Prestwick). If The Confidential Guide does not exactly qualify as sacred text, it's certainly one of golf's more deliciously profane ones. --Jeff Silverman
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A guide to over 1,200 golf courses worldwide.
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I sent a note about this book two years ago and I'm sending another because I like it more and more. I've taken some golf trips recently and have used the Confidential Guide to point me in the right direction. Through this book, I've "discovered" some superb courses that I would not have found. And, to boot, said courses are quite often completely unhyped, friendly and unsnobby. If you get the chance to travel quite a bit and you like to find those hidden gems, then this is a great place to start.
Von Jon P. Anderson
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As a golfer, I enjoy just about any book on golf course architecture. This one included. BUT Doak is on the arrogant side. He reviews courses he has not played; and in one case, puts a review of a course in the book that he has not even seen because he got lost trying to find it! And, in some cases his descriptions of the courses are simply erroneous. One wonders just how much "study" he did of each of the courses reviewed in this book. Still worth it ... esp. at Amazon's discounted price.
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This guide helps the serious golf enthusiast select courses to play that are not necessarily the most "famous". I have played most of his recommended courses in the UK and I find his assessment very accurate.
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This is the real stuff.
You have to love Tom Doak for his honesty. He's not afraid to take aim at the big names in the business and tell us what he really thinks about the hundreds of golf courses he's... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Dezember 1997 veröffentlicht
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A book that I browse and read over and over...
Tom Doak is smart, and has NO respect for overrated courses. (Some people and posh clubs will be offended) His style is sharp, straightforward, but very true. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Dezember 1997 von Mathias Slabbinck
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The most enjoyable golf book on the market.
I have read numerous golf books--fictional accounts of magic links along with just about every instructional book on the market--and this book tops them all. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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An architect who reviews golf courses with zest.
Tom Doak is an architect who reviews golf courses honestly. He is often critical of others,revealing weaknesses and flaws that ordinary golfers might not observe. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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