This is a lavish, full-colour exploration of the Scottish town whose name is synonymous with golf. St Andrews - once Scotland's greatest city, the cradle of its religion and the birthplace of its first university; today the ancient burg is known the world over as the spiritual home of golf, a place that evokes images of windswept seaside links and legendary golfing champions. "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" celebrates this unique haven of the game through striking pictures by renowned golf photographer Kevin Murray, while the authors' blend of history, personal observations and anecdotes distills centuries of golfing tradition into lively, atmospheric prose. Combined, they capture the immortal nature of all that is best about golf embodied in one of its most important and beautiful locations. As the Open Championship returns to St Andrews in 2010, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" marks the 150th anniversary of golf's oldest and most prestigious tournament with a lavish visual journey along the medieval city's bustling cobbled streets, through the doors of many prestigious golf clubs residing within its venerable greystone walls, and around each one of St Andrews' several great courses - from the famous Old Course to the stunning new Castle Course. For those who know and love St Andrews, this book will evoke fond memories. For those still to make the pilgrimage and walk in the footsteps of golf's greatest players, "St Andrews: The Home of Golf" is a must-read that no lover of the game should be without.
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Henry Lord is the author of the highly acclaimed golf titles Creating Classics (Icon, 2008) and Masters of Design (Icon, 2009). A lifelong golfer specialising in the game's history and course architecture, he has a deep and lasting affection for St Andrews. Oliver Gregory is a graduate of St Andrews University and attended the prestigious Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, as a Bobby Jones Scholar.
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By J. E. Michie
Format:Hardcover
Bought this as a gift for a golf-loving Chinese friend, he loved it and I hope may be inspired to visit St Andrews.
By monica
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It was a gift for a golfplayer friend that dreams playing in St Andrew's course.
He just loved it ! So I would say it is a Great Book !
He just loved it ! So I would say it is a Great Book !
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A Unique Addition To the Surfeit of Coffee Table Golf Books
21 Jan 2012
By Donald A. Collins
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Having played at St. Andrews multiple times as well as all over Scotland and Ireland, I guess I qualify as a golf nut. My book shelves bulge with golf books of every description, including those with pretty pictures of golfing sites at their most photographable.
This book certainly fits the most photographable category, but it is so outstanding that I added it to my huge collection of golf books. Most pretty picture golf books are one time reads and this will likely be the same, but once you enjoy it, won't it make a great Christmas or birthday gift to another golfing friend?
Standing on the first tee of the Old Course for your opening drive toward Swilcan bern packed with veteran caddies and other waiting golfers comes about as close to the feeling a high handicap golfer can get to the tension a neofyte pro must have in teeing off in his first Masters. The book takes you there and everywhere to the now multiple courses at St Andrews with stunning photos and interesting prose.
Go there, enjoy and then pass the book along, as it should not linger to be only read once or twice on your shelf.
This book certainly fits the most photographable category, but it is so outstanding that I added it to my huge collection of golf books. Most pretty picture golf books are one time reads and this will likely be the same, but once you enjoy it, won't it make a great Christmas or birthday gift to another golfing friend?
Standing on the first tee of the Old Course for your opening drive toward Swilcan bern packed with veteran caddies and other waiting golfers comes about as close to the feeling a high handicap golfer can get to the tension a neofyte pro must have in teeing off in his first Masters. The book takes you there and everywhere to the now multiple courses at St Andrews with stunning photos and interesting prose.
Go there, enjoy and then pass the book along, as it should not linger to be only read once or twice on your shelf.
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Fabulous!
20 Oct 2011
By LibrarianKaren
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This book is wonderful! The pictures are worth a million dollars- or pounds, as it were. It is just the right length, not too short, but not too long. It is just the right size for a coffee table book. I bought it for my Dad who is going to St. Andrews to play the Old Course in the spring of 2012.
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24 Dec 2012
By Richard L Fisher
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Given as a gift...he loved it! I may buy another just for me. Should make a nice coffee table book!
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