Dream Golf
The Making of Bandon Dunes, Revised and Expanded
Published on 1. June 2010
376 pages
978-1-61620-011-4 (ISBN)
Description
The account of how one of America's most beautiful golf resorts came to be is "a narrative gem" (James Dodson).
On a wild, windblown bluff high above the Pacific sits one of America's premier golfing destinations, Bandon Dunes. Golf enthusiast Mike Keiser had the dream of building this British-style "links" course on a stretch of Oregon's rugged coast-and Dream Golf is the first all-inclusive account of how he turned his passion into reality.
This revised and expanded edition takes another look at Bandon Dunes and introduces readers to Old Macdonald, a new course that provides golfers with a more rugged, untamed version of the game, named in honor of Charles Blair Macdonald (1856-1939), the father of American golf course architecture and one of the founders of the US Golf Association. This fourth course, designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Doak along with Jim Urbina, brings visitors back to the true origins of the sport-and Dream Golf is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how this special spot became a destination for golfers everywhere.
On a wild, windblown bluff high above the Pacific sits one of America's premier golfing destinations, Bandon Dunes. Golf enthusiast Mike Keiser had the dream of building this British-style "links" course on a stretch of Oregon's rugged coast-and Dream Golf is the first all-inclusive account of how he turned his passion into reality.
This revised and expanded edition takes another look at Bandon Dunes and introduces readers to Old Macdonald, a new course that provides golfers with a more rugged, untamed version of the game, named in honor of Charles Blair Macdonald (1856-1939), the father of American golf course architecture and one of the founders of the US Golf Association. This fourth course, designed by renowned golf course architect Tom Doak along with Jim Urbina, brings visitors back to the true origins of the sport-and Dream Golf is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how this special spot became a destination for golfers everywhere.
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Stephen Goodwin is the author of four other books, including the critically acclaimed Breaking Her Fall. He lives in Virginia and teaches at George Mason University.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One: A MAN WITH A PROGRAM
- 1 Soul Work
- 2 The Anti-Tycoon
- 3 The Lay of the Land
- 4 Out with the New, In with the Old
- 5 The Dunes Club
- 6 Eureka!
- Part Two: BANDON DUNES
- 7 Bandon-by-the-Sea
- 8 The Best-Laid Plans
- 9 Meet the Family
- 10 How the Permits Were Won
- 11 More Serendipity
- 12 Breaking Ground
- 13 Do We Like It?
- 14 The Anti-Resort
- 15 David at Bandon Dunes
- Part Three: PACIFIC DUNES AND BANDON TRAILS
- 16 The Boy Wonder
- 17 The Moons Are in Alignment
- 18 Tom at Pacific Dunes
- 19 The Old-Fashioned Way
- Part Four: OLD MACDONALD
- 20 The Peekaboo
- 21 Granddaddy Throwback
- 22 Plans in the Dirt, the Dew, and the Sky
- 23 The Power Spots
- 24 The Bandon Family
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Old Macdonald Hole by Hole
