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Scratch Off UK Golf Courses Print is the perfect gift for golf
lovers. Once you have played the golf course scratch off the map.
The map shows our selection of 100 Golf Courses in the UK, each one
is located with a golf tee icon. Scratch off the golf courses you
have played at and see how far you get! Once scratched you can look
at the courses you are yet to try and travel the country to find
them.
'The most eccentric golf book ever' Sports and Leisure Magazine
Golf's Strangest Rounds is an absorbing collection of bizarre tales
from the lengthy annals of the sport's history. There are stories
of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slipups and ones that defy
categorization altogether - meet `Mysterious Montague', for
example, of the world's best golfers but a man who refused ever to
compete in a tournament. You'll find plenty of golfing greats here
- Gene Sarazen, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo - all of whom
have played their parts in irrational finishes, record rounds and
famous freak shots. The tales within these pages are bizarre,
fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true. This brand new
edition, redesigned in splendid hardback for 2018, is the perfect
gift for any golf fanatic. Word count: 45,000
Unlike other books on golf, "Tee to Green" is about learning to
play the game later in life, written from the perspective of recent
learner David Goslin, who took up golf at 65, in collaboration with
LPGA Master Teaching Professional Mary Beth McGirr. A sociologist
by training, Goslin has spent 40 years studying the process by
which individuals learn new skills.
The perfect gift for any golf lover Do you know your albatross from
your eagle? Your birdie from your bogey? Whether you're a golfing
pro or simply a Sunday driver you'll enjoy working your way around
the nine chapters of The Golf Pocket Bible. Beginning with the
myths and legends surrounding the sport's origin, The Golf Pocket
Bible follows a course from the rules of the game, through the
rough and smooth of famous wins and losses to the final test of a
golfing quiz. Discover the history of golf, explore famous golf
courses from Gleneagles to St Andrews and Pebble Beach and learn
fascinating facts about major golf tournaments from the Ryder Cup
to the US Open. Inside this pocket golf guide you'll also find
profiles of famous golfers from Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo
through to Seve Ballesteros and Tiger Woods all at your fingertips,
as well as a list of the best (and worst) golfing films. From mini
golf and crazy golf to extreme golf and golf at the 2016 Olympics,
The Golf Pocket Bible will take you through every aspect of the
game from the driving range to the putting green. If you want to
learn more about the fascinating world of golf, make sure you read
The Golf Pocket Bible. The whole game. In one book. "I'd give up
golf if I didn't have so many sweaters." -Bob Hope "Golf is 90
percent inspiration and 10 percent perspiration." -Johnny Miller "I
know I'm getting better at golf because I'm hitting fewer
spectators." -Gerald Ford "Golf always makes me so damned angry"
King George V "Golf is a game whose aim it is to hit a very small
ball into an even smaller hole with weapons singularly ill-designed
for the purpose" Winston Churchill This beautiful hardback edition
has both dust-cover and gold embossing on the spine making it the
perfect gift. Every Pocket Bible is lovingly crafted to give you a
unique mix of useful references, handy tips and fascinating trivia
that will enlighten and entertain you at every page. There is a
Pocket Bible for everyone... Other titles in the series: The
Football Pocket Bible, The DIY Pocket Bible, The Railway Pocket
Bible, The Dog Lover's Pocket Bible and The Cricket Pocket Bible.
Packed with essential information and fully updated for 2014, The
Golfer's Manual is the perfect reference book to have on the
bookshelf or in your golf bag. It includes advice on the rules, on
scoring, handicapping and etiquette; there's a hints and tips
section, and a glossary of golfing terms. What is your driver's
swing weight, and its Coefficient of Restitution? When is it
permissible to remove stones near your ball in a bunker? What if
your opponent accidentally plays your ball in stroke play? If you
don't already know, then it's probably time you found out how a
Daytona and a stableford greensome work - as well as how to locate
your nearest point of maximum available relief! The Golfer's Manual
is a comprehensive and thought-provoking guide aimed at golfers of
all levels, but will be particularly helpful to beginners and
novices.
Live with purpose on and off the course. In golf and life, you
don’t always hit a hole in one, but God uses all challenges to
demonstrate his grace and mercy. In Birdies, Bogeys, and Life
Lessons from the Game of Golf, writer and lifelong golfer Os
Hillman shares reflections on golf and the spiritual realities that
can be learned from it. Through fifty-two devotions, Os will
encourage and challenge you with • inspiring stories of golfers
and the golf experience, • personal insights about the joys and
hardships of life and golf, and • spiritual truths that help
renew your relationship with God. Discover how the lessons learned
in golf reveal deeper truths about God.
Bestselling author Carl Hiaasen gives us a hilarious and compelling
account of his return to the fairways after a thirty-twoyear
absence. Carl Hiaasen wisely quit golfing in 1973. But some
ambitions refuse to die, and as the years passed and the memories
of slices and hooks faded, it dawned on Carl that there might be
one thing in life he could do better in middle age than he could as
a youth. So gradually he ventured back to the rolling, frustrating
green hills of the golf course, where Carl ultimately--and
foolishly--agrees to compete in a country-club tournament against
players who can actually hit the ball. Hiaasen's chronicle of his
return to this bedeviling pastime will have you rolling with
laughter.
Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became
one of the biggest rock stars on the planet with hits like
"School's Out" and "Elected", nearly lost it all to alcoholism, and
then turned things around by finding a healthy obsession (golf) to
replace his unhealthy addiction to alcohol. While most will be
familiar with his wild, mascaraed visage and vaudevillian on-stage
theatrics, perhaps few will have been aware of the double life
Alice Cooper leads. He still tours the world with his band, playing
a hundred gigs a year; snake coiled round his neck, beheaded by
guillotine at the end of every show...but three hundred days out of
that year, Cooper is on the course. Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is
an unlikely and captivating tale of wretched excess, life-saving
redemption, ghoulish make-up, power chords, and five-irons to the
centre of the green. Both humorous and candid, this book reveals
another dimension to a man who has epitomised rock 'n' roll for the
last forty years.
Golf has been called the greatest of all games, but it has also
been derided by none other than Mark Twain as nothing more than a
good walk spoiled. Traditional teaching holds that golf originated
in Scotland around the 15th century. However, there is historical
evidence of games similar to golf being played in the low countries
of Europe back in the 13th century. Over the many centuries of
golf's evolution, the balls used have changed greatly, as have the
clubs, the holes, the courses, and the entire game itself. The
Historical Dictionary of Golf presents a comprehensive history of
the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a
bibliography, photos, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary
entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Arnold
Palmer, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sorenstam,
Lorena Ochoa, Phil Mickelson, and, of course, Tiger Woods.
Appendixes of the members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Major
Championships of Golf, the International Team Events, and the
Professional Tour Awards are also included."
This is the story of a man with a dream--as well as the vision and
passion to make it come true. The dream was to build a great
American links course, one that would contain all the excitement of
the famous golfing destinations in Scotland and Ireland, storied
places like St. Andrews and Ballybunion. The man was Mike Keiser,
an entrepreneur and amateur golf enthusiast, founder of the
successful company Recycled Paper Greetings, and "Dream Golf" is
the story of how, with the help of some of the most colorful--and
occasionally controversial--men in golf, he transformed a remote
area on Oregon's Pacific coast into not one, but three of the most
stunning, challenging, and highly ranked courses in the
world.
It began modestly, when Mike Keiser decided to build a nine-hole
"dunes" course and golf club on the shore of Lake Michigan, near
his home in Chicago. The experience prompted him to look further,
with the goal of realizing a dream that he had harbored for some
time: to bring to American golfers the same kind of experience he
had enjoyed while playing some of the legendary courses of the
British Isles, "links" courses that had evolved naturally to fit
the rugged, heaving coastal terrain. These ancient courses were the
antithesis of most modern American courses, where the features were
shaped by bulldozers and all too often look sleek, manicured, and
artificial.
No, Bandon Dunes would be a "pure" golf experience, pitting the
golfer against the elements, allowing the land to dictate the
course, banning the use of carts, making the golfer feel at one
with both nature and the game. To achieve that goal would take a
great amount of planning and hard work, the struggle of man against
nature in shaping the land into three courses that would become the
Bandon Dunes complex. Conventional wisdom said it was impossible.
And even if he built it, would anyone come to this remote Oregon
outpost?
"Dream Golf" is the first complete account of how drive and
determination, coupled with the best minds in the game, created a
utopian golf experience in a place of breathtaking natural beauty.
It is the gripping and compelling account of how one man followed
his dream to its greatest conclusion.
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