By Kevin Casey
A Spotlight on the Unmatched Richness of Garden State Golf
The new book, Remarkable Stories of New Jersey Golf, is creating a buzz, even outside New Jersey. Remarkable Stories is now available for general purchase — online only – for $85 at www.njgolfstories.com.
Format: 11” x 14” Hardcover coffee-table book featuring over 250 photographs
Pages: 244 plus dust jacket
“Remarkable Stories displays the colorful, 130-year history of New Jersey golf through the state’s most fascinating golf-related stories,” says author Kevin Casey. “We used 250 (often gorgeous, occasionally rare) photos, dozens of charts, and bite-sized information to create an engaging read that can be enjoyed in short takes or attacked in a few sittings.
Remarkable Stories reviews the influence New Jersey has had on American golf, including the:
- Early days of Pine Valley Golf Club (perennially, the world’s best golf course)
- First PGA Tour-type event in America (in Lakewood, on January 1&2, 1898!!!)
- First club in the United States created by and for Blacks (Shady Rest Golf Club)
- Designs of Tillinghast, Raynor, Jones and Fazio (and the Second Golden Age of New Jersey golf architecture, 1998-2006)
- Brilliant career of Maureen Orcutt (the “Player of the Century”)
- Site of two of Jack Nicklaus’ four U.S. Opens (Baltusrol Golf Club)
- Benefit of being the home of the USGA (ask our green superintendents!)
- Six major champions who won the New Jersey Open in the space of ten years (including Jim Barnes, Johnny Farrell and Byron Nelson)
Reviews
Remarkable Stories of New Jersey Golf pulls together into one gorgeous volume the most compelling people, iconic courses, and fascinating events in our state’s rich golf history. Makes me proud to be a New Jersey golfer!
– Bill Frese, former president, New Jersey State Golf Association
Remarkable Stories is simply wonderful. Great historical perspectives, great photographs, and top-quality production. It makes me miss New Jersey! In fact, your book should be sitting prominently in EVERY clubhouse in New Jersey!
– Mike Davis, former CEO, United States Golf Association
About the Author
Kevin Casey is a lifelong golfer and history buff, but a relatively new resident of New Jersey. “When I moved to New Jersey,” he says, “I quickly realized that the amazing history of Jersey golf was slipping through our fingers; something special was in danger of being lost forever. Remarkable Stories was created to help stem that tide.”