Books : Bunkers, Pits & Other Hazards: A Guide to the Design, Maintenance, and Preservation of Golf's Essential Elements
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352068
EAN num: 9780471683674
ISBN number: 0471683671
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: January 23, 2006
Publishing house: Wiley
Sale Popularity Level: 326336
Studio: Wiley
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As every golfer knows, hazards are the heart and soul of the game. This single-source reference is ideal if you're charged with caring for or overseeing the improvement of a golf course. Authors, and golf course designers, Forrest Richardson and Mark Fine trace the history, planning, psychology, design, construction, and maintenance associated with all forms of hazards, providing a comprehensive catalog of the world's most famous hazards.
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"Who would guess that those gloomy bunkers were built to celebrate the pleasure of the senses?" (Lord Esher)
Rarely will golfers agree on what is a good hazard and what is a bad one, except that it is a good one if ones opponent is in it, and it is a bad one if it is oneself. And that tends to be as erudite as it becomes when a hazard is being debated. Bunkers Pits & Other Hazards provides the historical background of hazards, the philosophies behind the great architects of the past, and of some of the current thinkers in the business of designing golf courses, when it comes to hazards. This is a book that gives one the "how" and "why" of bunkers, and as far as is possible with such a topic, the "when". It is book full of knowledge and to a large extent it is also a reference book for students of the game. For all of this it is still very readable.
John Green
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I have read and reread this book along with several selected passages and found it to be very well presented and invaluable for references purposes.
This sincere effort by Mark Fine and Forrest Richardson is fluid and easy for the seasoned or casual golfer to follow or for any one else just wanting to gather some excellent reference material for a discussion. Not unlike Tom Doak's book, "The Anatomy of A Golf Course" I find this book complimentary and perfect to grab off the shelf and quickly locate excerpts which are very useful for discussions with clients and in reassuring my own thoughts and insights. Given the comprehensive research that went into compiling this book along with the countless sketches and photos, I believe it may become one of the more complete and valuable resources on bunkers and other related hazards for the game of golf. I particularly enjoyed the section that interviews golf architects and think this information will be quite insightful to the lay person, helping them to better understand these hazards, their origin, their intent, the architects who use them and hopefully allow them to appreciate the great golf courses of the world.
S. Witter, Golf Architect
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