The New Encyclopedia of Golf: The Definitive Guide to the World of Golf--Courses, Champions, Characters, Traditions

Campbell, Malcolm; Morgan, Brian D.

ISBN 10: 0789480360 / ISBN 13: 9780789480361

Published by DK, 2001

Seller Inventory # 0789480360-3-35031463

Synopsis:

Throroughly revised and updated, this definitive resource on the world of golf includes information on the championship courses of the world, the great golfers, the history of the game, major tournaments, highlights of the last decade in professional golf, developments in women's golf, statistics, and other valuable features.

About the Author: Malcolm Campbell has lived in Scotland-the birthplace of the game-all his life. He has been a sports editor, category-one golfer and golf club administrator. In 1981 Campbell joined Golf Monthly and turned it into Europe's most widely read golf publication. For ten years he covered all the major golf championships, interviewing the leading golfers and playing the world's top championship courses. In 1990 he decided to pursue a wider career in golf journalism and golf consultancy. Foreword by George Bush, the 41st President of the United States of America. Alick A. Watt, a former professional and one of the world's foremost authorities on early golfing equipment, has one of the finest collections of golfing memorabilia in the world today. Bobby Burnet is the former Historian to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews and an internationally respected authority on the history of golf. Brian D. Morgan is indisputably the world's leading photographer of golf courses. His work has been published in numerous magazines and at countless exhibitions, including the Nikon Gallery in New York's Rockefeller Center.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The New Encyclopedia of Golf: The Definitive...
Publisher: DK
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 3rd Edition