Remarkable Golf Courses Leather Bound Edition

Product Description

A celebration of golf's most extraordinary destinations, this revised and expanded edition of Remarkable Golf Courses journeys to the game's most fascinating fairways across the globe. From the world's highest course in La Paz, Bolivia, to the lowest in California's Death Valley, and from the Arctic Circle to the windswept landscapes of Tierra del Fuego, it explores the remarkable places where golf is played against all odds.
Updated with exceptional new courses, including Ardfin, Blue Lakes, and Winston Links, this richly illustrated volume reveals the quirks and character that make each destination unforgettable. Discover a course where players cross the River Lea aboard an electric ferry to reach the 18th green, another in Los Angeles served by its own funicular railway, and Idaho's famous floating green, where the hole itself changes position on the water each day.

History and landscape intertwine throughout, with courses that weave around Neolithic standing stones in Scotland, Roman roads in England, medieval castles in Wales, ancient temples in Delhi, and the UNESCO World Heritage bridge linking the ninth and tenth holes at Angkor Wat.

Alongside legendary venues such as St Andrews, Carnoustie, Royal St. George's, and Westward Ho!, readers will discover fairways carved through the deserts of Nevada and Arizona, Hawaiian courses bordered by dramatic black lava fields, and Guatemala's breathtaking Fuego Maya, where golfers tee off in the shadow of an active volcano. Equally captivating are Scotland's storied links, from The Machrie on Islay, renowned for its blind greens, to the remote Isle of Barra, where players pass through a traditional kissing gate to reach the course.

Filled with spectacular photography and captivating stories, Remarkable Golf Courses is an inspiring tribute to the beauty, history, and enduring spirit of the game.