The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes - by Editors of Golf Magazine & George Peper (Paperback)

About the Book

There are more than half a million golf holes in the world--and "Golf Magazine" has picked the best. More than 600 lavish photos complement anecdotal "biographies" and vital statistics of the holes deemed the best in the world by the editors and their panel of international experts.

Book Synopsis

There are more than half a million golf holes in the world--and GOLF Magazine has picked the best, in The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes.

More than six hundred lavish photographs complement anecdotal "biographies" and vital statistics of the holes deemed the best in the world by the magazine's editors and their panel of international experts. Readers will find out if their favorite holes made the cut by first turning to The Eighteen, representing the most respected and challenging holes--holes like the thirteenth at Augusta National. Next, they discover which are considered the top one hundred (no surprise that the eleventh at St. Andrews Old Course and the fifth at Pinehurst are included here). Finally, there is an all-inclusive gazetteer of all five hundred. A special section offers the Best of the Best--lists of holes by category, such as the most scenic, longest, best in Europe, hardest-to-putt greens, and so on.

This is the golf book for the passionate golfer and the armchair duffer alike.

From the Back Cover

There are five hundred thousand golf holes in the world, Here are the five hundred most beautiful, difficult, exotic, thrilling, and notorious:

The best golf holes from forty different countries and territories, including the United States, Canada, South America, Great Britain, Ireland, Continental Europe, Africa, Australia, and Japan

The fairways and greens, bunkers and hazards, that have thwarted Tiger Woods and David Duval, Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino, Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones--and those they have conquered

Anecdote and history, strategy and geography, illustrated with more than eight hundred full-color photographs and breathtaking hand-painted topographic renderings

About the Author

Golf Magazine, the preeminent publication in its field, has a circulation of l.4 million and an estimated monthly readership of 5 million. Its editors--along with those at affilated publications in Europe, South Africa, the Far East, and elsewhere--determined the criteria for and selection of the holes honored in The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes.
George Peper, who was editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine for 25 years, has written, co-written, or edited 17 books, including Artisan's 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes and Greg Norman's Shark Attack. George divides his time between Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and St. Andrews, Scotland.