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"Finegan has a gift for describing golf holes that builds them up in the reader's mind until they feel that they, too, have played the course being discussed . . . It's a gift that is at times so strong as to be almost unnerving, evoking in me at least clear mental images of courses played years ago whose details I had long forgotten . . ."
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This book provides in depth coverage of the greatest links and in land courses of Scotland and Ireland, known for their character, sparkle, fascination, challenge, and history. Filled with more original photography than anyone has seen in eons, and written in the wonderfully impassioned voice of a legendary golf raconteur, the book provides not only on the course secrets but also off the course ideas for the full luxury golf holiday experience - in person or armchair.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It would be easy to print a book that does nothing but reproduce images of some of the world's finest links courses. What the author does here, though, is mixa large number of stunning images with some eloquent and relevant commentary. This massive tome (surely, pound for pound, the best value on Amazon) would serve as a coffee table book for any golf fan (an ideal winter tonic for those deprived of a regular fix), but also as an invaluable aid in planning a golf trip to the game's very cradle.
I can imagine few better presents for any level of golfer; the more golf writing centred on Scotland and Ireland the better - although I accept that I am probably more than a little biased.
I can imagine few better presents for any level of golfer; the more golf writing centred on Scotland and Ireland the better - although I accept that I am probably more than a little biased.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Quite simply, the BEST golf book I have in my collection (of dozens) - the photography is stunning, bringing Finegan's fantastic prose to life.
Worth every penny for a book you will dip into time and time again to relive courses played or dream of those yet to play. Highly recommended.
Worth every penny for a book you will dip into time and time again to relive courses played or dream of those yet to play. Highly recommended.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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13 Sep 2006
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This isn't the perfect coffee table, travel and reference book for golf in Scotland and Ireland, but then Tiger Woods isn't the perfect golfer either. If you've golfed in Scotland and Ireland, if you're planning to play in Scotland and Ireland, or if you're only dreaming of playing in Scotland and Ireland, this is absolutely one book that you must have. It's a steal at Amazon's $37.80. The book includes text about and photos of a selection to top flight golf courses in Scotland and Ireland. James Finegan is a long-time newspaper golf writer and one-time low handicap golfer. He gives you his perspective on the quality of each of the courses, and describes places to stay, eat and visit in the vicinity of each course. You may recognize some of the text, paraphrased a bit, from Finegan's 1996 "Blasted Heaths and Blessed Greens" [Scotland], and "Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas" [Ireland], but this large format book is in no way a duplicate of those little gems. What can I say? Finegan's prose sparkles as ever, a joy to read regardless of whether you agree with him. The "arty" golf course photography by Laurence Lambrecht is spectacular. I say "arty" because the photography is really landscape photography taken on golf courses. It is not intended to show you exactly how the golf holes would look, for example, from straight overhead or to a golfer on the tee. Any negatives? Sometimes, I think, Finegan goes a little over the top in his enthusiasm for some of the courses (e.g., Carnoustie), maybe even a lot over the top. But who cares? Caution: this is not a book you are going to curl up with -- note the size of the book in pages, dimensions and weight.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great Pictures
18 Feb 2007
Format:Hardcover
Mr. Finegan has produced another in his very successful series of books about the pleasures offered by the golf courses in Great Britain and Ireland. The text is of the same high quality as the photographs by Messrs. Lambrecht and Thompson. The result is an elegant book which stimulates happy memories for those that have played the courses and which should whet the appetites of those who have not.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Gorgeous but a wee bit tame...
10 Jan 2008
Format:Hardcover
As a Scot who has played most of the courses Jim Finegan has reviewed in this and his previous books, there's very little to dispute, and the pictures do convey the wonderful beauty of many of them, especially Machrie, Boat of Garten and others. However he seems to have toned down the criticisms of some courses he made in the prose books, and I find his Damascene conversion to Carnoustie a little strange; it hasn't changed THAT much since he was pretty scathing (unjustly, IMO) about it in the other book. Despite all that, Jim clearly knows what he is talking about, and I loved flicking through this so much I bought a copy for me and my golf-mad uncle.
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