The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses by Tom Doak

Hard to find 1st edition. In very good condition with only a few minor scuffs on the dust jacket. Typically listed at $300+ at bookshops and on eBay. 361 pages, 1996. Published by Sleeping Bear Press. Editorial Review: One of the better young contemporary course designers and a contributing editor to Golf Magazine, Tom Doak has assembled a brash, coffee-table volume of observations and analyses that'll have golfers salivating and pulling their hair out at the same time (when they're not debating his findings over refreshments at the 19th hole). Not only does Doak rate and review hundreds of courses throughout the U.S.--by region and state--and around the world, he offers a "Gourmet Guide" to the 31 layouts he'd personally like to play with friends: Anyone not up for the likes of Pine Valley, Merion, St. Andrews, Riviera, and Ballybunion?

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