GOLF ARCHITECTURE BOOKS – MY RECOMMENDATION
If you visit Amazon and search Golf Architecture / Golf Design and /or Golf Courses you will soon realize that there is just about an infinite amount of material available on these subjects. This was not the case 100 years ago but today any budding golf architect (or person interested in golf architecture) can learn about the subject.
I am sometimes asked what books I would recommend and I thought it would be a good exercise listing some of my favorite books.
Easy Reading:
Tommy’s Honor – The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf’s Founding Father and Son – by Kevin Cook
A Difficult Par – The Story of Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf – by James R Hansen
Bury me in a pot Bunker – Golf Through the Eyes of the Game’s Most Challenging Course Designer by Pete Dye
The Classics
The Spirit of St Andrews – Alister Mackenzie
The Links – Robert Hunter
The Architectural Side of Golf – Tom Simpson and N.H Wethered
Golf Architecture in America – George Thomas
The Anatomy of a Golf Course – Tom Doak
Master of the Links – Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design
– Geoff ShackelfordGolf Architecture I & II ( A compilation of essays)– Fred Hawtree
The Course Beautiful – Albert Tillinghast
The Technical
Golf Course Architecture and Maintenance – Dr Michael Hurdzan
Golf Course Routing – Forrest Richardson
The Golf Course – Graves and Cornish#
Turf Management for Golf Courses – James Beard
Coffee Table Books
Golf Courses of the World – Robert Sidorsky
Golf Courses – Fairways of the World – David Cannon
Planet Golf – The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses Outside the United States of America – Darius Oliver
Planet Golf USA – The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in America – Darius Oliver
Additions….
Golf Architecture Series I -VI- Paul Daley
The Architects of Golf – Cornish & Whitten
The Golf Course – Cornish & Whitten
The World Atlas of Golf
The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses – Tom Doak