Golf Courses of the P.G.A.Tour [Hardcover]

George Peper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1986

A truly comprehensive guide to the PGA Tour in words and pictures, this is the perfect book for the TV golfer who wants to be completely informed about the pro circuit. 242 illustrations in full color.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

As lavish as the layouts it celebrates, Golf Courses of the PGA Tour offers a comprehensive tour of each of the permanent PGA stops. Profusely illustrated with lush photography and painted routing plans for each 18, it's a veritable feast to look at, and a fascinating read, as well. Teed up to match the week-in, week- out schedule of the competitive season, the book begins in California with the Mercedes Championship at La Costa and ends with the Tour Championship (which rotates courses) and the unofficial events, including the Skins Game and the Plantation Course of the Kapalua International. For each venue, it presents concise tournament and course histories, hole-by-hole scorecards, a quick playing tip from a winner at each venue (Phil Mickelson on playing low shots at Torrey Pines, Raymond Floyd on hitting a draw at Doral, Arnold Palmer on whacking long irons at Bay Hill, Nick Price on driving for accuracy at Cog Hill), and heads for home with an extensive collection of PGA Tour records and statistics. Both useful and attractive, it's the kind of book that should wedge itself perfectly onto the coffee table of any golf enthusiast. --Jeff Silverman --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

George Peper, editor-in-chief of GOLF Magazine for 25 years, wrote the first and second editions of this book. He lives and golfs in St. Andrews, Scotland. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; First edition (November 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810909944
• ISBN-13: 978-0810909946
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,176,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

George Peper is one of America's most respected golf journalists. For 25 years he was Editor-in-Chief of GOLF Magazine, with a total readership of 7 million. He is currently Editor-at-Large for LINKS Magazine where his column appears in each issue.

Peper is the author of 18 books on golf, two of them New York Times best sellers. His next book, entitled LINKS, is due from Artisan in 2010. Co-written with Scottish golf writer Malcolm Campbell, is is a celebration in words and photos of the world's 244 links courses.

Peper has written scripts for two dozen videos and television shows. His script for The Story of Golf, a two-hour documentary for Public Broadcasting, won him an Emmy nomination.

Peper's commitment to golf and golf course architecture was recognized in 2008 when he was presented the Donald Ross Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Society of Golf Course Architects. Previous recipients include Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, and Robert Trent Jones. In 2009 the Metropolitan Golf Writers presented him the Lincoln Werden Award for lifetime achivement to golf journalism.

Among his contributions to the game are "Pace Ratings" which establish playing times for golf courses and "The Need System" which was adopted by the USGA as the recommended method for allocating handicap strokes across 18 holes. Peper is also the originator of GOLF Magazine's biennial list of the Top 100 Courses in the World.

Currently Peper is Editor -at-Large for LINKS Magazine where his column appears in each issue. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island and St. Andrews, Scotland where he has a home on the 18th hole of the Old Course.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book for the golfer & golf fan, March 17, 2001

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David E. Levine (Peekskill , NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golf Courses of the PGA Tour (Hardcover)

This deluxe volume covers each of the courses on the PGA Tour and has several full color pictures of key holes on each course covered. Since some PGA tour events are replaced by new ones, the book may become slightly dated but, nonetheless, it is a great spectator's guide for those who watch the tour each week on TV or who occasionally attend tour events in person. The volume also includes a great map of each course covered. This is useful because it puts the course in perspective, For example, I have seen the famous 13th hole at Augusta National on TV many times but never appreciated how sharp a dogleg it is until seeing the map. Also, the map shows the direction each hole runs in relation to other holes. For example one hole may go out and the next hole come back in the opposite direction. The maps give you this perspective. Another great feature of the book is a short piece written by a golfer who has won the tournament played on that course. I highly recommend this wonderful book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Showing its age, January 23, 2010

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Michael T. Yanega "Bowfinboy" (Federal Way, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golf Courses of the PGA Tour (Hardcover)

This book was written in 2004 and published in 2005, and it covered only U.S. courses on the Tour. As time goes by, more courses are missing, as they are added to the Tour. I bought this as a used book a couple of years ago to use as a companion for my EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour golf game on my Wii. It was fun to find out how realistically the courses were modeled in the game, because reading the hole descriptions brought me right back to playing those holes in the game. I have never played real golf, but I have been a virtual player on some of the great courses, and I understand the challenges described in the book from what feels like first-hand experience.
I wish there was a newer update to this beautiful book, that includes the international courses that are on the PGA Tour, as well as the newer U.S. courses that have been added.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm very pleased with this purchase, March 22, 2006

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J. Walker (Fair Haven, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golf Courses of the PGA Tour (Hardcover)

I purchased this book to use as our Guest Book at our wedding this summer. Our wedding and reception are at a golf course, so we thought this would be a fitting book for our guests to sign. There are many beautiful pictures, and plenty of space for them to write their wishes. For our purposes, I absolutely love the book! I recommend it to anyone - I think it's a great coffee table read!