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Inside Golf's Most Iconic Building...
"Art and Architecture of the Royal and
Ancient Golf Club"
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Did you know that in addition to the 69-book Classics of Golf Library assembled by Herbert Warren Wind, the Classics of Golf has become a source for other unique and distinguishable golf books.
Quantities of these books are limited. Please check in periodically as we are always looking to add to this illustrious offering.
These special books include the first-edition printing (limited to 1995 copies and numbered) of "Art and Architecture of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club" -- available for only $45.00 (click here to order).
Authors Peter Lewis (Historian of the R&A since 1992), Fiona Grieve (an art historian and former Curator of the British Golf Museum) and Keith Mackie (Editorial Consultant to the R&A and a member of the voting body of the World Golf Hall of Fame) have written insightful text to accompany page-after-page of unique full-color pictures that include portraits of R&A captains, legendary figures in the game, maps and plans of the St. Andrews courses, landscapes, royal and group portraits, sketches, caricatures and cartoons.
In the book's introduction, Dr. A.M. Mathewson, Captain of the R&A 1997-8, writes, "This book tells the story of the developing clubhouse and the growing art collection, revealing a wealth of hitherto unpublished detail about these lesser known aspects of the game's most widely recognized golf club."
Another wonderful book from the Classics of Golf book vault is "Selected Golf Courses" by Hurdzan/Fry. This 400-page rich coffee table-sized book is a collection of color photos of 29 courses designed by the award-winning team of Dr. Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry, with essays by Hurdzan.
In the book's Foreword, Tom Lehman writes, "There never has been a golf book quite like this, but then again there have not been many design teams suite like Mike (Hurdzan) and Dana (Fry)."
Lehman continues, "Besides the stunning photography and insightful captions that accompany them, there are stories behind the golf courses that rarely ever get told. Mike and Dana (pictured to the right) care as much about people as they do their work and the stories (in this book) of each golf course will show that."
The book is available for $75.00.
Click here to order now.
For more on Hurdzan/Fry, visit their website (click here).
For more on Michael Hurdzan visit his Wikipedia profile (click here).
Founded during the industrial era, this book traces the club's history to the earliest days of golf in America, beginning in 1895. In 1921, A.W. Tillinghast was hired and designed a course that would survive largely intact. In 1937, William Flynn would be retained to improve on the course and would make several notable changes. Design drawings from both Tillinghast and Flynn and golf correspondence are accompanied with photographs from the golf course's earliest years.
The Sunnehanna Amateur was the nation's first major medal play amateur tournament to change amateur competition nationwide. The book covers the tournament's 50 year history, as well as its predecessor the Sunnehanna  Invitational. The Sunnehanna Invitational, which began in 1936 and was ended in 1951, was won by an 18-year-old Arnold Palmer and included among its competitors Julius Boros and Art Wall.
The Sunnehanna Amateur is covered in year-by-year detail and includes supporting photographs of young contestants, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickleson., Fred Couples, Curtis Strange, and Ben Crenshaw to name a few.
Click here to read more about the history beyond Sunnehanna Country Club. The author has written a wonderful summary of its history on the Sunnehanna Amateur website. This year's tournament takes place June 10-13. Last year's champion, Kevin Foley, is pictured in the image above.
Visit our website (click here) to order other great books "Beyond the Classics of Golf Library" including:
If you have any questions about ordering books, please call (1-800-483-6449)
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Classics of Golf Library Quarterly Installment Program
We will send you 3 new books from the Classics of Golf Library once every 3 months.
You pay $99.00 (no shipping & handling) for each quarterly book shipment.
No obligations - cancel anytime.
Plus! You will receive a complimentary publisher's choice book with every fourth installment, starting with your first installment program delivery.
Contact us by email (michael@classicsofgolf.com) or phone 1-800-483-6449 to begin your installment plan today!
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An easily downloadable PDF catalog of the complete sixty-nine book Classics of Golf Library is available on our website.
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Congratulations to Rory McIlroy for winning the 
