The Anatomy of a Golf Course: The Art of Golf Architecture - Hardcover

by Tom Doak (Author), Ben Crenshaw (Foreword by)

Behind every golf hole lies an influence on every golfer's game that few golfers ever contemplate: the course architect. Why a hole dog-legs left and not right, why bunkers end up where they are, the length of a hole, the view from the tee--all these factors and many more are the result of choices made by the golf architect to challenge, and sometimes intimidate, any golfer's game.

Author Biography

Tom Doak learned golf-course design as a member of Pete Dye's legendary course-architecture staff, and is now a highly regarded course architect in his own right, having designed and built courses throughout the United States. He is also a contributing aditor for Golf Magazine. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.