The Future Of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way And How To Get It Back - Couverture rigide

Shackelford, Geoff

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ISBN 10 : 1570614563 ISBN 13 : 9781570614569

Editeur : Sasquatch Books, 2005

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Future of Golf reveals how the sport has been kidnapped by equipment manufacturers and knowingly deregulated by its governing bodies. A mix of commentary, analysis, and essays, the book chronicles the misguided strategies made by the once-respected United States Golf Association, showing how the momentum from Tiger Woods’s popularity is being squandered by manipulative manufacturers and celebrity worship. Author George Shackelford urges the USGA to re-shoulder its responsibilities to the game while suggesting how the PGA Tour can restore excitement to its championships. He offers solutions for making golf fun, affordable and exciting again by emphasizing course design elements, common sense ideals, and tradition-based values.

Revue de presse

"[Shackelford’s] proposed reforms to simplify golf and get it out of the hands of big business make this a modern version of Thomas Paine’s revolutionary best-seller, Common Sense, in 1776." --Golfweek " . . . if you have passion for the game, it’s

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sasquatch Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570614563
• ISBN 13: 9781570614569
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 229
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible