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  Golf Course Design Book
                        

GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE
Design, Construction & Restoration

Described as "the modern bible of golf architecture" this text distills Dr. Hurdzan's 30 years of knowledge and experience into one source. This single source provides a wealth of understandable and useful information on golf architecture from its earliest beginnings with Old Tom Morris to modern architectural design. Its readable style and varied illustrations make it a perfect reference for golf enthusiasts, green committees, green chairman, builders and developers, as well as superintendents, golf professionals and course managers. The book is available in English or in German.

Dr. Hurdzan reveals both the art and science of golf course architecture, and takes you inside the designer's mind as he leads you through each step in designing a golf green, golf hole and golf course. Dr. Hurdzan explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty, how the landscape communicates and the recreational process that  inexorably links the golfer to the golf course.

Golf Course Architecture explains tee, green and bunker construction, turfgrass establishment and maturation, as well as drainage and irrigation trends and techniques. Dr. Hurdzan is refreshingly frank in his discussion of golf and the environment and golf course improvement and restoration.

Recognized by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America for its value to the profession, profits from this timeless text will support the GCSAA Foundation for its valuable support of research, scholarship, historical preservation and environmental awareness.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Part 1: Theory

  1. What is Golf Course Architecture?

  2. Basic Criteria

  3. Hazards

  4. Form and Function of Green Complexes

  5. From Tee to Fairway

  6. Individual Golf Holes

  7. The Beautiful and the Ugly

  8. The Recreational Process of Golf

  9. The Ideal Golf Course Architect

Part II: Practice

  1. The Site Analysis and Feasibility Study

  2. The Ideal Design Process

  3. The Evolving Design Process

  4. Computers, Satellites, and Image Technology

  5. Economics of Course Construction

  6. Plans, Specifications, and Bidding

  7. Aspects of the Construction Sequence

  8. Tee, Green, and Bunker Construction

  9. Irrigation

  10. Seedbed Preparation and Planting

  11. Turfgrass Establishment and Maturation

  12. Improvement Plans and Renovation

  13. Golf and the Environment

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Profits from this timeless text will support the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Foundation for its valuable support of research, scholarship, historical preservation and environmental awareness.

The book is also available in a leather and gold bound collector's edition, featuring a hand painted golf scene hidden in the page edges.  This art form, called "fore edge painting", started in the 1600's and is nearly non-existent today.  This is a very special edition of only 75 numbered copies.  The price is $1,000.00 per book.