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Chargement... Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club (édition 2000)par Geoff Shackelford (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Before I found this hard-to-find book devoted to what is considered Dr. Alister MacKenzie's masterpiece, I though of Cypress Point Club as "the best seventeen-hole course in the world." This expression came from The World Atlas of Golf (and before that golfer Jimmy Demaret), a reference that admittedly looks at courses from the points of view of professionals and tournaments. The 18th hole, at 360 yards, is just too short a closer for the authors of that book, but for Shackelford it is "a short but stern closing hole ... [without] subtle or intricate strategic interest like others on the course." Reading through Shackelford's book, which is half a history about the people behind the course and its realization and half a hole-by-hole tour with period photos, the last hole is the outcome of a brilliant routing, where MacKenzie takes golfers from the woods to the dunes to the ocean; he fit the last hole in what little room he had left. Unfortunately, Shackelford's brilliant book lacks a decent routing plan (it has a preliminary one that doesn't reflect what was built and diagrammatic plans on the endpapers that are partial and therefore not much help) so I consulted Google Maps while reading along. A decent plan to orient readers is the only thing lacking in a book that gives a great sense of the place, its inherent qualities, and the people who made it happen. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Throughout the world, few golf courses are as revered as California's Cypress Point Club -- not just for its breath-taking beauty but for its architectural significance. Located on the Monterey Peninsula along the white sands and steep cliffs that border the Pacific Ocean, the beauty of Cypress Point is the equal of its more famous neighbor Pebble Beach. Unlike Pebble, however, the history of Cypress Point has been relatively unknown. That is, until now. Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club, by Geoff Shackelford, is a biography of both the creation and the creator of this legendary and elusive layout. Typical of Shackelford's work, the book is richly detailed and painstakingly assembled. Remarkable vintage photographs and insightful text not only take you back to the 1920s, they take you through the mental and physical process that went into developing each and every hole -- including the spectacular 16th, arguably the most famous hole in the world. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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