Golf's Finest Par Threes, livre ebook

Acknowledgments To Leslie for her love and support in life and photography. To Jim McCann — a plus-three in the mind game. When we began this endeavor some three years ago with the question, “Has anyone ever written a book about the great par-three holes?” we had no idea how much work would go into selecting and researching the core 100 (along with others) presented here. For sure, we have measurably enhanced our personal understanding of golf course architecture and the one-shot hole in particular. Some of our material derives from the books in our bibliography. Among those listings, we need to pay special thanks to those who have devoted years to studying and writing specifically about the great architects and golf courses of the world. These include: Ron Whitten, Geoff Shackelford, Forrest Richardson, Bradley Klein, Bill Davis and the editors at Golf Digest , George Peper and the editors at Golf magazine, Mark Rowlinson, Malcolm Campbell, David Barrett, Paul Daley and Tom Ramsey. We took inspiration from the work of great golf writers, among them Bernard Darwin, Peter Dobereiner, Dan Jenkins, Henry Longhurst, Charles Price, Pat Ward-Thomas and Herbert Warren Wind. We could not have completed the presentation of our “Finest Holes” without the generous contributions of our many friends who specialize and excel in photographing golf courses worldwide.