The Spirit of St. Andrews - Hardcover

MacKenzie, Alister

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886947007 ISBN 13: 9781886947009

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

Synopsis

There€s no question that Dr. Alister MacKenzie was one of the best golf course architects in the history of the game. Augusta National, Royal Melbourne, Cypress Point€"among many other famous layouts€"are proof of that fact. In the mid-1990s, MacKenzie€s lost golf manuscript, written a year before his death in 1933, was found and finally published as The Spirit of St. Andrews . Even all these years later, MacKenzie€s thoughts on such topics as the golf swing, rules, great courses and holes, and golfers are interesting and intuitive.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Alister MacKenzie, one of golf’s greatest architects, designer of Augusta National—home of the Masters, Cypress Point, and Royal Melbourne, was the consulting architect for St. Andrews. He was a master of many facets of golf. He shares with you his insights on great golf holes, the golf swing, technology and equipment, putting tips, the USGA and the Royal & Ancient—almost every area of golf that is important and influences golfers today. Truly a “lost” manuscript, The Spirit of St. Andrews , written in 1933, with a foreword by one of the world’s greatest golfers, Robert Tyre “Bobby” Jones, Jr.—has never been published until today. It contains fascinating stories of famous players—Hagen, Sarazen, Jones, and others—that teach valuable lessons to all golfers. “...another Dead Sea scroll” — The Wall Street Journal

About the Author:

Alister MacKenzie was born in England. He practiced medicine and served as a civil surgeon in the Boer War, beginning his career in golf–course design shortly after returning home. He died in 1934.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1886947007
• ISBN 13: 9781886947009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288