Striking photography and fact-filled profiles combine to reveal the distinct character of the world's best par-three golf holes in this gorgeous collection. A list of the 100 greatest holes are at the heart of this exploration and have been arranged according to design and geographical category, such as links, island and peninsula greens, blinds, drop downs, and more. Colorful stories behind well-known names like Alcatraz, Cleopatra, and Postage Stamp, as well as explanations about how notable course designers--Macdonald, Colt, Tillinghast, Nicklaus, and Jones among them--have created par threes are interspersed with brilliant photographs of each hole. A concluding section offers new perspectives on the one-shot hole, the top par-three layouts, and historic shots on par-three holes. This beautifully packaged tour of golf's greatest short holes guarantees to inform, entertain, and provoke vigorous debate about what makes a par three superior and memorable.
Striking photography and fact-filled profiles combine to reveal the distinct character of the world's best par-three golf holes in this gorgeous collection. A list of the 100 greatest holes are at the heart of this exploration and have been arranged according to design and geographical category, such as links, island and peninsula greens, blinds, drop downs, and more. Colorful stories behind well-known names like Alcatraz, Cleopatra, and Postage Stamp, as well as explanations about how notable course designers--Macdonald, Colt, Tillinghast, Nicklaus, and Jones among them--have created par threes are interspersed with brilliant photographs of each hole. A concluding section offers new perspectives on the one-shot hole, the top par-three layouts, and historic shots on par-three holes. This beautifully packaged tour of golf's greatest short holes guarantees to inform, entertain, and provoke vigorous debate about what makes a par three superior and memorable.
Tony Roberts is a photographer who has contributed photos to every major golf magazine. He was the 1987 recipient of the USGA’s Book of the Year Award for his photographs in Golf’s Magnificent Challenge. Michael Bartlett is a freelance writer and journalism teacher. He is the author of Bartlett’s World Golf Encyclopedia and The Golfer’s Almanac and was the editor for the magazines Golf, Golf Canada, and Golf Journal. They both live in Scottsdale, Arizona. Acknowledged as the deans of American architects, Pete and Alice Dye have teamed together for fifty years to create some of the world's most challenging and highly praised golf courses. Their ability to combine the unpredictability of nature with stunning imaginative concepts makes them unique as designers and an inspiration for course architects everywhere.
""Golf's Finest Par Threes" provides a stunning written and
pictorial account that golf fans can turn to time and again."
--Robert Thompson, senior writer, "ScoreGolf Magazine"
"A glorious marriage of photography and narrative that will flatter
any coffee table. A book to be enjoyed over and over." --Nick
Seitz, editor at large, "Golf Digest"
"I'm absolutely smitten with this thoroughly researched and
beautifully illustrated testament to the game's most compelling
one-shotters. . . the next best thing to playing these holes is
having them collected in this book. Bravo!" --Joe Passov, senior
travel editor, "Golf "magazine
"Thank heaven for little three-pars. And for this book." --Bradley
S. Klein, "Golfweek Magazine"
"The great one-shotters in golf finally get their due thanks to
Tony Robert's images and Michael Bartlett's insightful but concise
text." --Geoff Shackelford, golf architect and author, "The Future
of Golf"
"Tony Roberts and Michael Bartlett have seen and played many of the
most enchanting and thrilling par threes, and they present them in
ways that will make you want to read and re-read the text while
savoring the photographs time and time again." --Lorne Rubenstein,
author, "This Round's On Me"
"We now have in one beautifully produced volume the story of the
par three -- its invention and evolution -- and a handsomely
presented and well-considered selection of the best of them." --Al
Barkow, golf historian, former editor of "Golf "magazine
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