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A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf
de Hansen, James R
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1592408230
- ISBN 13
- 9781592408238
- Librería
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Gothan Books, 2014. 1st printing. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 498pp. Illustrations. Unclipped jacket slightly rubbed at spine head.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Sinopsis
The definitive account of modern golf’s foremost architect from the New York Times bestselling author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong Robert Trent Jones was the most prolific and influential golf course architect of the twentieth century and became the archetypical modern golf course designer. Jones spread the gospel of golf by designing courses in forty-two US states and twenty-eight countries. Twenty U.S. Opens, America’s national championship, have been contested on Jones-designed courses. New York Times bestselling biographer James R. Hansen, author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong , recounts how an English immigrant boy arrived in upstate New York in 1912, just as golf was emerging as a popular pastime in America. Jones excelled as a golfer, earning admission to Cornell University, whose faculty consented to a curriculum tailored to teach him the knowledge needed to design golf courses. Cornell provided the springboard for an act of self-invention that propelled Jones from obscurity to worldwide fame. Jones believed that every hole should be “a difficult par but an easy bogey.” As gifted as he was at golf design, Jones was equally skilled as a salesman, promoter, and entrepreneur. Golf Digest ’s annual rankings of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses have regularly featured about fifty Jones designs, paving the path for his two sons, Robert Jr., and Rees, whose work would carry on their father’s tradition. Hansen examines Jones’s legacy in all its complexity and influence, including the fraternal rivalry of Jones’s distinguished sons.
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- Librería
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 065622
- Título
- A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf
- Autor
- Hansen, James R
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1592408230
- ISBN 13
- 9781592408238
- Editorial
- Gothan Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2014
- Tamaño
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Sports;
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