A breathtaking tour around more than 130 of the world's finest golf courses, this exciting book focuses on courses outside the United States. Many fabulous courses will be new to the American reader, and are featured in magnificent photographs made especially for this book. Generously oversized, Planet Golf is a treasure trove of new information and great ideas for the golfing traveler. Comments on the courses by leading designers such as Greg Norman, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Doak, Gary Player, Tom Weiskopf, and others accompany the authoritative text by Darius Oliver. Featuring courses in more than twenty countries, from the famous links of Scotland and Ireland to the leading Heathland and Sandbelt classics of England and Australia, and from the hidden gems of France, New Zealand, and Japan to the best within the rest of Europe, Africa, North and Central America, Australia, and Asia, Planet Golf is the definitive reference to the greatest golf courses available outside the United States. Also available from Darius Oliver: Planet Golf: Modern Masterpieces and Planet Golf USA.
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Höhe: 340 mm
Breite: 255 mm
Dicke: 61 mm
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978-0-8109-9403-4 (9780810994034)
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David Scaletti is one of the world's leading golf course photographers. His book The Sandbelt Melbourne's Golfing Heaven, was runner-up in the USGA's Book awards for 2001. Greg Norman is one of the world's greatest golfers. Noted golf writer Darius E. Oliver, is Director of Global Golf Group in Melbourne, Australia. He spent several years visiting more than 650 courses, from which he made his final selection.
