Rough Meditations is a unique collection of fascinating essays that bring the world's greatest golf courses to life with brilliantly colorful prose. These charming and often hilarious essays take golf enthusiasts on an intimate tour of the game's most distinguished courses. Along the way, readers gain a privileged look at the differences between good and bad golf course design. Featured essays include:
In Golf as in Life
Longest Wait That Was Worth It
Goofiest Modern Green
Business or Art?
Read Any Good Greens Lately?
In the Beginning There Was Sand
Worst Shot in Golf
Treasure Hunting
Long considered one of golf's most talented writers, Bradley Klein offers more than fifty essays, ranging from instructive to inspirational, that cover the architecture of courses, how to read greens, the ins and outs of green committees, the relationships that grow from the game, and much more. With a style all his own, Klein takes readers to where he was for years as a caddie on the PGA and LPGA tours—onto the grass and into the game.
作者简介:Bradley S. Klein, PhD, is founding editor of SuperNews, architecture editor of Golfweek magazine, and a design consultant and a frequent speaker at industry and association meetings, as well as a former PGA Tour caddie. He runs Golfweek's "America's Best" national course rating system and is a member of Royal Dornoch Golf Club in Scotland. He is the author of Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses (Wiley).
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Acknowledgments
Introduction 1 Early Days Father’s Day Return to Inwood 2 Caddying Stand by Your Man–1981 A Brief History of Caddying Stand by Your Woman The ’96 Mid-Am: A View from the Caddie Yard 3 A Writer’s Game Caddying for Pat Ward-Thomas at the Old Course A Thousand Words to Clear His Throat: Herbert Warren Wind 4 Architectural Elements Architectural Literacy Classical, Modern, and Post-Modern Cultural Links Routing Is Destiny Movers and Shapers Who Cares About Teeing Grounds? Save Us from Green Committees Trees on Golf Courses: Do They Really Belong? Golf Courses and Old Ballparks–1996 The Incredible Shrinking Clubhouse The Tyranny of Yardage Don’t Make Me Ride Thank Heaven for Little Four-Pars Don’t Call Them Women’s Tees 5 Business or Art? Working Landscapes Golf Design Goes Ivy League When Business Threatens Art Oh No, It’s the PGA Show! For a Good Time, Call 1-900-CONSULT Lethal Links? Golf and the Environment: Wildlife Refuge or Toxic Fairways? Appearance and Reality in the Ratings Game Architecture and the Media 6 Read Any Good Greens Lately? The First Two Inches of Break Are Inside the Cup Modern Greens Construction Demands Craftsmanship Riviera’s Greens: An Autopsy Brown, Not Green, Is Better 7 In the Beginning There Was Sand Mysteries of the 14th at St Andrews The Linksland of Machrihanish Scotland’s Northern Links Western Ireland: The Wind, the Sea, and the Guinness 8 Treasure Hunting Astoria: A Coastal Oregon Gem The Orchards: Superintendent Revives Rundown Ross Treasure The Fine Art of Restoration–1994 9 Classical Tracks Pine Valley Augusta National: What You See and What You Don’t See Speaking of Hills East Lake: The Heart and Soul of a New Atlanta–1995 Bethpage Black Oakland Hills: Interview with "A Monster" 10 Best and Worst Awards 11 In Golf as in Life Divot Man How You Handle How You Play A Golfer in the Garden Those All-Important Marriage Points One Divot I’ll Never Replace A Sense of Security Out West What’s Really Important For Further Reading Index |
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