The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses

 

VOLUME 1 - GETTING TO 18

The routing of a course is the most important part of its design, but the hows and whys of doing it are not well understood, even by those who have played many of the world's best courses. Never before has a golf course architect explained, in detail, why he put the golf holes where he did.

In GETTING TO 18, the first of two volumes, Tom Doak will cover his first 18 courses from the High Pointe in Michigan through the completion of Barnbougle Dunes and St. Andrews Beach in Australia. The oversized (12x18) book includes topographical maps of every property, photos of the raw land and finished courses, and a thorough explanation of the decisions made in the design process.

The book includes incredible photographs, sketches and original correspondence-plus beautiful course maps and drawings. If you love golf architecture and want to learn how one of the world's top architects thinks about his craft of building courses this book is a must for your collection.

ORDER BEFORE March 1st 2020 to SAVE
This large format book is going to be an expensive one to produce so it will be a one-time limited edition print run-we recommend getting your order in now-and we are offering a SPECIAL PRE-PUBLICATION PRICE--so you don’t lose out on getting this amazing book. The list price for Volume 1 is $350, but if you order GETTING TO 18 before February 1, 2020 you will reserve your copy for only $300 + $35 shipping-saving $50.

Each copy of Volume 1 will be signed by Tom and shipped Federal Express when it is released in May 2020. By ordering Volume 1 now, you will also be reserving a copy of Volume 2 at a special price for when it is shipped in 2022.

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Tom Doak's Little Red Book of Golf Course Architecture

This book is an unprecedented view of how one of our era's best architects thinks about his craft, his peers and his business. It reads like a long conversation about a craft he has loved, studied and honed for nearly 40 years-golf course architecture.

As well as being a delightful read, this book will show you a better way to play a round of golf by bringing you inside the mind of an architect, and inside the world of golf itself

$30.00 plus $7.50 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, international (First Class) shipping is $25.00 per order.

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Tom Doak Announces a Leather Bound Limited Edition of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses

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Special Offer - buy all 5 volumes and save

For a limited time, you can order the entire 5-volume set of the new and expanded edition of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses for only $300 - a savings of $30.00!

Billed as individual volumes when they are shipped. Volume 1 - Mid October

$300.00 plus shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

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Volume 1 - Great Britain and Ireland

Courses included, like all of the volumes, are ones that stir our souls, and will reward the visitor with something out of the ordinary. It will have you making plans for your next golf trip to GB&I.

$65.00 plus $17.50 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

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Volume 2 - The Americas (winter destinations)

With more than 1,000 courses to be reviewed, the Americas are divided into two books. Volume 2 includes the Carolinas, Florida, the Deep South, the Southwest, California, and Hawaii, plus the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America.

$70.00 plus $17.50 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

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Volume 3 - The Americas (summer destinations)

The northern half of the Americas includes all the courses in Canada, New England, the Mid Atlantic states, the Appalachians, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Northwest.

$80.00 plus $17.50 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

Volume 3 is out of stock and will be shipped in May.

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Volume 4 - Europe, Middle East and Africa

Each review is written by world class architect Tom Doak based on his own personal observations plus the input of his three co-authors, Ran Morrissett, Masa Nishijima, and Darius Oliver. Each course is graded on a 1-10 scale by each author who has seen it.

$60.00 plus $10.00 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

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Volume 5 - Asia, Australia and New Zealand

Each review is written by world class architect Tom Doak based on his own personal observations plus the input of his three co-authors, Ran Morrissett, Masa Nishijima, and Darius Oliver. Each course is graded on a 1-10 scale by each author who has seen it.

$70.00 plus $17.50 shipping and handling per book - PRIORITY MAIL for US orders, additional shipping charges calculated for international orders

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