This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club like no other-documenting its original design
This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club like no other-documenting its original design.
Publication Date: April 2, 2013.
In 1931, Alister MacKenzie teamed with golf legend Bobby Jones to design the game’s ultimate test, the Augusta National Golf Club and this book . Author, Stan Byrdy served as Sports Director at WJBF-TV in Augusta from 1985-1994 and at NBC Augusta from 2006-2009.
In 1931, Alister MacKenzie teamed with golf legend Bobby Jones to design the game’s ultimate test, the Augusta National Golf Club and this book reveals the true genius of the course like no other. During that time Stan won 12 concurrent Best of Augusta Magazine awards and numerous Georgia and South Carolina AP and UPI honors. He covered the Masters Golf Tournament from Jack Nicklaus’ historic win in 1986 through 2009 and is the author of two historical golf books on Augusta.
Alister MacKenzie (30 August 1870 – 6 January 1934) was a British golf course architect whose course designs span four continents. Originally trained as a surgeon, MacKenzie served as a civilian physician with the British Army during the Boer War where he first became aware of the principles of camouflage. During World War I, MacKenzie made his own significant contributions to military camouflage, which he saw as closely related to golf course design. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club like no other-documenting its original . Those developments are dramatic for a course as old as Augusta National, created by golfer Bobby Jones and golf course architect Alister MacKenzie in the early 1930s.
This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club like no other-documenting its original design, chronicling the architectural and design changes over time, and analyzing the philosophies of its creators, Alister MacKenzie and Bobby Jones. The Augusta National Golf Club will help you understand why the course has a reputation of legendary proportion and how MacKenzie single-handedly changed forever the way courses are built.
This book reveals the true genius of the Augusta National Golf Club like no other-documenting its original .
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