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Author
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Profiles 50 golf courses in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Bhutan, China, Dominican Republic, England, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Netheralnds, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead-stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored-and each felt deserving of...
Author
Publisher
T. Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Combining Geoff Shackelford's informative narrative with detailed illustrations by architect Gil Hanse, Grounds for Golf explains the fundamentals of golf course design in an understandable and entertaining style. Modern photographs, anecdotal sidebars, and witty quotations augment a course design primer that will enhance readers' enjoyment of golf's lore while introducing the fundamentals of course design. By explaining the golf course from the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 'A Course Called America', Tom Coyne plays his way across the United States in search of the great American golf course. Packed with fascinating tales from American golf history, comic road misadventures, illuminating insight into course design, and many a memorable round with local golfers, this book is an epic narrative travelogue brimming with heart and soul.
In the span of one year, Coyne crisscrosses the United States in search of its greatest...
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on a celebrity tycoon. At stake is one of Britain's very last stretches of wilderness. After the Scottish government overturns its own environmental laws to give Donald Trump the green light to build a golf resort on an untouched Scottish coastline, the stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of William Powell, an African American golfer discriminated against because of his race, and how his perseverance and spirit helped him rise from a caddy to the first African American owner of a public golf course.