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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Dec 29 2005
Written at the time so many books on golf architecture found their ways onto the shelves, this work focuses on explaining to a primarily American audience about the good and bad of what the author, Hunter, observed during his travels in England regarding golf design. Much of what he discusses here is similarly presented elsewhere, such as abhoring purely penal design and glorifying anything that adds interest to the round. However, he goes beyond this by being freely critical of many revered courses, including St. Andrews, and trying to set lines down for what sound design is. This in itself is not bad, but his thinking seems to be centered on the toning down or elimination of the more extreme aspects of links golf. In this respect, Hunter's is the first work of purely american architectural thought, and can be read as such. This aside, the main value of the work as an introcuction to the field is more than met.
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( 1 of 27 found this review helpful ) Posted: Aug 3 2000
this boook shows how the great architects were good at designing stuff like golf courses 'n stuff like that
