| Planet Golf: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses Outside the United States of America | 
 enlarge | Author: Darius Oliver
Creator: David Scaletti
Publisher: Abrams Books
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
Buy New: $24.00
You Save: $36.00 (60%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 93099
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8
Dimensions (in): 13.1 x 10.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0810994038
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352068
EAN: 9780810994034
ASIN: 0810994038
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
A breathtaking tour around more than 130 of the worlds finest golf courses, this exciting book focuses on courses outside the United States. Many fabulous courses will be new to the American reader, and are featured in magnificent photographs made especially for this book. Generously oversized, Planet Golf is a treasure trove of new information and great ideas for the golfing traveler. Comments on the courses by leading designers such as Greg Norman, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Doak, Gary Player, Tom Weiskopf, and others accompany the authoritative text by Darius Oliver.
Featuring courses in more than twenty countries, from the famous links of Scotland and Ireland to the leading Heathland and Sandbelt classics of England and Australia, and from the hidden gems of France, New Zealand, and Japan to the best within the rest of Europe, Africa, North and Central America, Australia, and Asia, Planet Golf is the definitive reference to the greatest golf courses available outside the United States.
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This is a fabulous book, and it is an extraordinary bargain! June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a bargain at the original price. At $24 it is a steal.
I have just bought five copies, ordered through Amazon, to give to my best golfing friends.
The photography is superb, as is the book's production quality. I am both a keen golfer and photographer, as you can see from my other reviews, and I commend David Scaletti for his extraordinary work.
The narrative by Darius Oliver is wonderfully frank, well-argued and original. I particularly enjoyed his rapturous endorsement of two clubs of which I am a member. (I'm sorry but I'm not going to tell you which they are, but they feature prominently in the listing of Top Courses in the back of the book.) I also enjoyed his clear and joyous descriptions of each of his favorite courses throughout the world (excluding the U.S.).
The focus of the book is on the courses outside America, because so much excellent material already exists on the Top U.S. Courses. Having recently been to Augusta I am fully aware of the absolute excellence of Golf Courses in the U.S., but am pleased to see the rest of the World's Top Courses given some serious attention.
The book covers the Best Courses in the UK and Ireland, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and Central America, Asia and Africa.
If you are like me you will be planning many trips to visit these Masterpieces of World Golf.
Planet Golf January 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Planet is indeed well served by this magnificently produced volume worth buying for the photography alone.
Excellence on two fronts November 2, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book has not only some of the most inviting golf course photography ever - by world-class Australian Photographer David Scaletti, but a collection of very well-researched, concise and precise reviews by Darius Oliver, one of Australia and the world's most able golf architecture writers. A must have book for all golfers that will even start the architectural education of the uninformed. This book is not only incomparable but affordable.
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