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The Danny Edwards Story chronicles how one young man surpassed himself and pushed the boundaries to achieve excellence. It’s about a professional golfer whose quest for speed evolved into driving a race car to victory; and a passion for excellence off the course that launched a revolutionary golf equipment company. This book takes the reader inside the ropes of professional golf, and into auto racing’s heart and soul. It is a ride that you will never forget. |
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By Bradford A. Becken, Jr.This second printing of Brad Becken Jr.'s book on Donald Ross Architecture has arrived and is available for sale and shipment.
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Simply put, we believe Donald Ross was superior to any golf course architect practicing today, and his courses are works of art that should be treated as such. While excellent Ross biographies such as Bradley Klein's Discovering Donald Ross and The Life and Times of Donald Ross by Chris Buie include general observations about his architecture, my goal, through a Ross' genius while also appreciating and supporting the mission of the Donald Ross Society.
Available now, preview the first thirty pages of the book.$150.00Add to cart
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“Twenty thousand years before the first golf shot was struck on the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland, and half a world away, geologic forces of incomprehensible size and scope were slowly and inexorably shaping the land that would become Erin Hills Golf Course, host of the 2017 U.S. Open Championship.” —EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE$45.00Add to cart
Written by Gary D’Amato of the Milwaukee Journal- Sentinel, author of six previous books, and member of the Golf Writers Association of America Board of Directors, the book reveals the fascinating and captivating story of this spectacular property golf course that many golf course architects and developers coveted. Photography was done by Paul Hundley, who captured many stunning and dramatic golf course photographs for the book. Hundley started photographing the golf course years before it was developed and captures not only the spectacular prairie beauty of Erin Hills—it also follows all of the changes on its way to hosting the U.S. Open. Erin Hills Golf Course, designed by Dr. Michael J. Hurdzan, Dana Fry and Ron Whitten, has risen to No. 8 as America’s Best Public Golf Course according to Golf Digest. USGA’s Executive Director Mike Davis praised the course by saying, “From a championship standpoint, Erin Hills is truly one of the most fabulous sites I’ve ever seen.” The 2017 U.S. Open will be the first for the state of Wisconsin.SAMPLE PAGES
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BY RANDY MYERS 2016 U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM DIRECTOR OF FITNESS$50.00Add to cart
- Sea Island Director of Fitness
- Director of Nike Golf Performance Worldwide
- U.S. Ryder Cup Team Director of Fitness
- Founding member of Titleist Performance Institute
- PGA of America’s first Fitness Instructor
- Fitness instructor to many NCAA golf teams
- Fitness instructor to PGA Tour pros such as Davis Love III, Zach Johnson, Billy Horschel, Kevin Kisner, Harris English, Brant Snedeker, etc.
- In the last 10 years, he has taught more than 600 junior players who accepted NCAA Division I scholarships
- Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses
- Improve your balance
- Increasing your mobility and stability
- Build the right amount of muscle
- Stay loose during the round
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BY AL BARKOWThis book on Oral History of American Golf has arrived and is available for sale and shipment.
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Simply put, we believe Donald Ross was superior to any golf course architect practicing today, and his courses are works of art that should be treated as such. While excellent Ross biographies such as Bradley Klein's Discovering Donald Ross and The Life and Times of Donald Ross by Chris Buie include general observations about his architecture, my goal, through a Ross' genius while also appreciating and supporting the mission of the Donald Ross Society. Available now, preview the first thirty-nine pages of the book.
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Brandel Chamblee's Book Has Received Rave Reviews From Golf Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more...
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"The most important golf book of our generation" - (Forbes) "Chamblee's book nails the lie of the modern golf swing" - (Wax Golf) "Darwinesque" - (Pittsburgh Post Gazette) "The Holy Grail of the Golf Swing" - (GOLF Magazine) "The best and clearest explanation of how to hit a golf ball ever published" - (The Examiner) ------------------- Classics of Golf has published with Simon & Schuster the first book from popular Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, the network’s “resident scholar and critic” (The New York Times) explores the common swing positions of the greatest players throughout history—and reveals how those commonalities can help players of every skill level improve our own games. Every golf game begins with the swing, and no two are identical. Years ago, however, Brandel Chamblee, the highly regarded Golf analyst and former PGA Tour professional, noticed that the best players of all time have shared similar positions in each part of the swing, from the grip and setup to the footwork, backswing, and follow-through. Since then, Chamblee, a student of game’s history, has used scientific precision and thoroughness to make a study of the common swing positions of the greats. Now, in The Anatomy of Greatness, he reveals what he has learned, offers hundreds of photographs as his proof, to show us how we can easily incorporate his findings into our own swings to hit the ball farther, straighter, and more consistently. What does it tell us that the majority of the greats—from Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson to modern masters like Tiger Woods—employ a “strong” grip on the club? How did legends like Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Mickey Wright, and Gary Player unlock hidden power and control by “turning in” the right knee at address? Why are some modern teachers preaching “quiet” footwork when forty-eight of the top fifty golfers of all time lifted their left heels on the backswing, allowing them to build power? At the same time that Chamblee is extolling certain swing virtues, he also debunks a number of popular—but misguided—swing philosophies that have been hindering golfers for years. The result is perhaps the best and clearest explanation of how to hit a golf ball ever published. The Anatomy of Greatness is a book that golfers can take to the driving range and use Chamblee’s clear explanations to build better swings—and get more speed and consistency into their swings—immediately. It is like having a series of private lessons from the best golfers of all time, and it will help golfers build swings that make the game easier and more fun. ---- Click videos below to watch Brandel discuss his book with Golf Magazine. -
* please note that $1 will be added to the flat shipping fee due to increased weight of this book. “As a historian and student of golf history, I consider the publication of Chris Buie’s new "Life & Times of Donald Ross” a reason to rejoice. Before now, I thought I knew most of what there is to know about the somewhat enigmatic Patron Saint of American Golf course design but Chris has uncovered fantastic new archival material, wonderful photos, key documents and related details that bring Ross to life as never before. Most compelling of all, Buie brilliantly captures the “Times" as well as the “Life" of American golf’s most celebrated architect, a beautiful rendering that presents the first and last word on Donald Ross. This is a book to savor!”$75.00Add to cart
- Jim Dodson (author of "Hogan" and Donald Ross Award Winner)
I wanted to thank you for sending me your wonderful piece of work "The Life and Times of Donald Ross". I commend you on your impressive and thorough biography of him - safely saying that your work takes us deeper in the man - his character, and how he changed the face of American golf.
- Ben Crenshaw
"Chris Buie has ransacked golf’s archives to produce a lovely, energetic and engaging biography of Donald Ross, America’s most influential course architect. With a plenitude of photos and drawings and ample samples from old letters and journals, Buie leads readers on a time trip back to an era of grace and civility when Ross and his colorful peers were inventing the American game. “
- John Paul Newport (Wall Street Journal)
"Chris Buie's "The Life and Times of Donald Ross is full of personal nuggets about Ross that fills the many gaps in the life of a man few on earth today ever had the opportunity to know. As much as I know of his design work, philosophies, and general history, the chance to peer into his daily activities and his interactions with both employees and employers alike was fascinating for a practicing golf course architect such as myself. This work of Chris's truly bridges my personal gap between the man and his product in the work I perform on Ross's courses (nine to date).
Chris Buie did a wonderful job researching the travels of Donald Ross and allowing the newspaper writers of the period relate Ross's interactions with those who he encountered on a daily basis. This book surely gives one a true perspective on the tendencies of a man we only know through pictures and his work on the ground. I found the details of his life and work, again, fascinating. A job well-done in that regard by Chris Buie."
- Richard Mandell (Richard Mandell Golf Architecture)
"Pinehurst native Chris Buie has done that which no author has achieved to date: humanize the quietly impressive Scottish immigrant. The highly principled Donald Ross comes to life on these pages to the point where even non-golf course architecture fans will become engrossed in this all-American success story. A masterpiece."
- Ran Morrissett (Golf Club Atlas)
"I have been a huge fan of Donald Ross, so much so, that I founded the Donald Ross Society 27 years ago with a couple of friends. Chris Buie has painstakingly researched his subject with great result. This book flows well and is a tremendous insight into Donald Ross, his journey through life and his golf courses. Chris’s chapters capture the man in a manner not often read."- Michael J. Fay (Captain, The Donald Ross Society, Inc.)
"While sleuthing for crucial details of Ross’s work, Buie turned up memorable quotes from the master, like this: “A country which gets golf minded need not worry about the honor, the integrity and honesty of its people.” I don’t know about that. Here’s hoping we can live up to it. Meanwhile, we’d all be wise to study the honor, integrity and honesty of Donald Ross, who did as much as anyone to shape American golf.- from the foreword by Kevin Cook (author of "Tommy’s Honour" and "Titanic Thompson")
"Buie’s biography of Donald Ross puts a human face on the legendary name, and puts his career and accomplishments into contemporary perspective, allowing the reader to understand how one Scottish immigrant could have had such a profound effect on American golf. You come away from this book with renewed amazement not just at the staggering number and quality of the courses that Ross designed, but the imprint of his personality and values on American golf culture. After reading “The Life & Times of Donald Ross,” you will wish you had lived during the years when it was possible to travel to Pinehurst and receive a warm greeting by the game’s foremost builder and ambassador.– Rick Shefchik (author of “From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota")
During the early years of the 20th Century, golf became a fundamental part of the American Dream. Perhaps more than any other individual, Donald Ross helped to establish the sport in his new country.
His place in history has essentially been that of a prolific architect who created some of the finest examples of the form. However, the true extent of his achievements go well beyond the consensus view.
With surpassing style and insight, The Life & Times of Donald Ross reconfigures his place in history and establishes the man as a notable figure in the broader field of American culture.
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A golf novel for all time.
“In The Professional, Evan Mandery brings to life a veteran Tour pro with both prodigious talent and a prodigious work ethic. What he lacks is a purpose in life. The novel is a compelling saga of golf obsession and, ultimately, of redemption through golf. Mandery knows the game inside and out, especially all that goes on inside a golfer’s head.”—John Paul Newport, author of The Fine Green Line
“The Professional is a terrific tale of redemption with a great cast of characters. Not only does Mandery capture the life of journeyman tour pro to a tee, but his non-linear storytelling technique keeps the reader riveted.”—Tom Cunneff, National Golf Writer:
“Engrossing...an intense assessment of how this game can upset a life or provide it with satisfaction and meaning... Mandery offers a conclusion equal to ‘hitting it pure.’”—Les Schupak, Met Golfer
“Golf is more than a game of a lifetime, it is a round-by-round mirror of its participants' character. Evan Mandery masterfully captures the raw emotion, struggles, joys, despair, romance, failure, triumph, evolution and redemption of a golf professional. The Professional gently transports us to days of our youth when we walked the fairway with a loved one and how important it is that we cherish those fleeting moments.”—Bob Denney, PGA Historian Emeritus
As a 16-year-old, David is told by his West Latrobe High School English teacher that he is a gifted writer, and should attend a summer workshop, but David’s controlling, abusive father demands that he spend the summer preparing for the Pennsylvania State Open, forcing David to decide whether to live his father’s dream or his own. Later, as a forty-something journeyman pro, David experiences a mid-life crisis during the final round of a tournament, causing him to question the meaning of golf and how he has spent his life. Long-brewing feelings of failure surface, and David is tempted towards a potentially catastrophic affair with a beautiful Alabama housewife. Finally, as an old man, golf presents David with an opportunity for redemption in the form of Billy Conway, an immensely talented but raw young player, who turns to David for help and offers him a path to redemption. The Professional’s life intersects with the greats of the game—Nicklaus, Watson and Palmer (in whose shadow David is raised) and the novel asks the questions that everyone who loves golf has asked. What are the conditions that produce virtuosity? Does a single-minded devotion to a skill preclude the possibility of a happy life? Does the game ultimately become a job? The characters who animate the novel are unforgettable: Rabbit Lindner, David’s obsessive-compulsive caddie; Mal Howard, his father, who has patterned his life on his own hero, Deacon Palmer; Bobby Rancourt, a rising star with a single-minded focus on golf; Aaron Richardson, a fallen star playing his last rounds as he battles leukemia; and Billy Conway the young orphan through whom David finds redemption. Told with humor, charm, and a devotion to the history of the game, The Professional is truly a golf novel for the ages. -
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“Author Philip Young has made an immense contribution to my profession and art form, namely golf course architecture… Having studied this book, I am deeply impressed.” — Geoffrey S. Cornish, golf course architect “At last we have an authoritative biography of the great golf architect Albert Warren Tillinghast. Well researched and very readable, it brings the master fully to life. Those of us who previously had only a rudimentary knowledge of Tilly, based on the classic courses he created, will marvel at the real man–his ambitions, his ideals and his struggles.” — Bob Grant, noted English golf historian, collector and publisher “I thought it was quite good… Your recitation of his life events and attitudes seemed to be as close to accurate as one can get from the distance of many decades…” — Philip W. Brown Jr., grandson of A.W. Tillinghast
Tilly was a rudderless youth until his father took him to St. Andrews in 1896 and introduced him to “Old Tom Morris”. His passion and knowledge of the game flourished quickly. He became quite the amateur player.
Later in life when Tilly’s interest in golf expanded to designing and architecture, he insisted on making his courses enjoyable for the average golfer even as they tested the world’s best to the utmost. Barnstorming on behalf of the PGA in 1936 and 1937, Tillinghast visited more than 400 clubs. His whirlwind tour helped the clubs and the PGA survive the Great Depression.
Today, A.W. Tillinghast remains one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf (wikipedia).
Links Magazine published an article that presents the “20 Best Tilly Course Layouts” (click here for article).
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"Danny Edwards has lived such a huge life — golf star, car racing champ, unrepentant boat rocker — I’m surprised they could fit it all in one book. Maybe that’s why it’s such a rollicking ride."
“Danny’s memoirs of a unique life are a study of what a nonstop, focused life will yield. In these pages, I believe that the reader will be astonished and entertained to learn of Danny’s lifelong success in so many ways.”
“I’ve known Danny Edwards for nearly 40 years, and believe me, there was nobody like Danny who was able to be a professional golfer and run cars the way that he did. I think it was the pure enjoyment of driving and competing that we loved about our sport. I was amazed how Danny was at the top of his game while not putting in the enormous time and energy that we all must do to achieve great results. I have always enjoyed Danny’s company as I have enjoyed any and all of my good friends.”
“Five-time PGA Tour winner Danny Edwards was born with so much physical grace and mental grit that he became far better than good at everything he tried – especially golf, but also basketball, auto racing, entrepreneurism, teaching and even labor relations. At the same time, an insatiable need for new challenges probably kept him from being even better at what he did best. Edwards’ latest venture is a candid memoir of an extraordinarily varied and eventful life that, despite his enviable gifts, was never easy and often star-crossed. A fascinating case study in the slipperiness of talent.”
“Danny’s role as player-leader of the PGA Tour from 1998 to late 1999 was unselfish, courageous and competent. I know this first-hand as general counsel to the TPA. His sole purpose was to make things better for the tour player, and no doubt, many of the changes in tour governance which we all witnessed in the 21st century were first presented during Danny’s, Mark Brooks’ and Larry Rinker’s period of leadership. The book describes this period in Danny’s life in a fair and accurate manner. It’s a good read!”
"Danny Edwards' Tour career and mine intersected over a 14-year period, and we became good friends. Danny was well respected for his sportsmanship, commitment to task and an unflinching desire to work for the betterment of his peers and the game." 
“Danny Edwards’ journey is a compelling story, one of the most unique and interesting I have come across in 35 years of covering golf in Oklahoma. His 2021 induction into the Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame was extremely well deserved and golfers will be fascinated with the twists and turns of his career and the frank, inside stories from the PGA Tour, the world of professional racing and his business adventures.”
“In the 12 years that I was in the company of Roger Penske and Danny Edwards, there were several things that came into focus. Roger felt that Danny was an enormously special person and the fact that he was such a fine golfer, was a bonus. Danny’s expertise and knowledge of the car industry was a double bonus. That fact that he could run with the best was one of Roger’s greatest joys. Roger never took for granted the 10 years and the incredible work that he and Danny did to make the Michigan 500 Pro-Celebrity Golf Classic happen. It raised millions for charity and strengthened their bond of friendship.”
