Champions of Women's Golf: Celebrating Fifty Years of the LPGA [Hardcover]

Nanette S. Sanson (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Women's golf fans will enjoy browsing this superbly produced coffee-table book It's a bit pricey, and the text--short essays on the history of the LPGA, behind-the-scenes glimpses of life on tour, profiles of notable champions--is cursory at best, but these shortcomings pale beside the spectacular illustrations. Golf is perhaps the most photogenic of sports, and the selection of color and black-and-white images presented here shows why. Yes, there are numerous action shots of great women golfers across the eras (from Babe Didrikson Zaharias through Karrie Webb), but there are also stunning four-color spreads capturing the beauty of the links and evocative historical shots capturing the stars of earlier eras in their long skirts and matronly sweaters. Fans of the game will be impressed by the many superb swings on display here. Every sport deserves at least one good-looking coffee-table book, and this one fills the bill for women's golf. Bill Ott
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: Quailmark Books; First edition. edition (November 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967763908
• ISBN-13: 978-0967763903
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 10.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,615,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Choice for Womens' Golf Enthusiasts, March 7, 2002

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Dan Aldridge (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Champions of Women's Golf: Celebrating Fifty Years of the LPGA (Hardcover)

Champions of Women's Golf is a lovely and well-crafted book that chronicles one of the most important developments of modern sport -- the rise of women's professional golf. Lushly illustrated with thousands of historical, dynamic and gorgeous photos, the images tell the story of women's golf from its beginnings right up to today. Few books exist that so beautifully display the pictorial history of any sport. It is informative, passionate and a must for anyone who holds the history of the sport in high regard. Many of the images showcase the famous founders of modern women's golf (Babe Zaharias, Patty Berg and more) in joyously fun, rare photos. More modern women golfers are also profiled in exciting and important moments in their careers. The text (edited by the very capable Nanette Sanson) weaves the tapestry of images together into a cohesive fabric of history, passion and skill. This is a wonderful book and should be in every serious golfer's library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For any avid golfer or fan of women's sports, January 23, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Champions of Women's Golf: Celebrating Fifty Years of the LPGA (Hardcover)

Champions of Women's Golf is a 'must' for any avid golfer or fan of women's sports: it takes a coffee table approach in presenting a lavish visual celebration of fifty years of the LPGA, blending text by Melanie Hauser, Liz Kahn and Lisa Mickey with vintage black and white and color photos of women on the course. Photos taken from golf archives around North America compliment this history of the LPGA and women's involvement in golf.