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The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back
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.
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256 pages, Hardcover
First published April 5, 2005
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October 4, 2021
This is a great collection of essays that still are fresh, even if the book came out in 2004. Shows you how little changes in golf.
p. 28: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
p. 37: David Fay vs. Ely Callaway on "State of the Game" on the Golf Channel in December 2003
p. 37: "Much of the 'State of the Game' focused on whether the golf ball is going too far and harming the sport."
p. 64: Bobby Jones: "I don't see any need for a tree on a golf course."
p. 65: The Story of the Augusta National Golf Club
p. 71: "That's Tiger after the first round of the 2003 World Championship event. Those are the big-money tournaments no one really cares about because they were created to prevent Greg Norman from starting a world tour."
p. 74: "[F]or viewers and fans of golf, the TPCs are a failure."
p. 83: Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture
p. 86: #7 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a redan hole
p. 103: "If you have a chance to visit the USGA museum in [Liberty Corner,] New Jersey, go."
p. 104: Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black
p. 125: Warren Buffett: "Bad terminology is the enemy of good thinking."
p. 140: Golf Digest vs. Golf Magazine lists of greatest courses
p. 178: Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club (Smithtown, NY) by George Bahto
p. 178: Black Creek by Brian Silva (Chattanooga, TN) by Brian Silva
p. 185: Golf Is My Game
p. 188: Evans Scholarships: https://www.wgaesf.org/
p. 208: Sweden for golf
p. 215: golfobserver.com
p. 225: Recommended links
p. 28: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
p. 37: David Fay vs. Ely Callaway on "State of the Game" on the Golf Channel in December 2003
p. 37: "Much of the 'State of the Game' focused on whether the golf ball is going too far and harming the sport."
p. 64: Bobby Jones: "I don't see any need for a tree on a golf course."
p. 65: The Story of the Augusta National Golf Club
p. 71: "That's Tiger after the first round of the 2003 World Championship event. Those are the big-money tournaments no one really cares about because they were created to prevent Greg Norman from starting a world tour."
p. 74: "[F]or viewers and fans of golf, the TPCs are a failure."
p. 83: Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture
p. 86: #7 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a redan hole
p. 103: "If you have a chance to visit the USGA museum in [Liberty Corner,] New Jersey, go."
p. 104: Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black
p. 125: Warren Buffett: "Bad terminology is the enemy of good thinking."
p. 140: Golf Digest vs. Golf Magazine lists of greatest courses
p. 178: Stonebridge Golf Links & Country Club (Smithtown, NY) by George Bahto
p. 178: Black Creek by Brian Silva (Chattanooga, TN) by Brian Silva
p. 185: Golf Is My Game
p. 188: Evans Scholarships: https://www.wgaesf.org/
p. 208: Sweden for golf
p. 215: golfobserver.com
p. 225: Recommended links
May 5, 2015
The Future of Golf:How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back gives an amazing insight into the "future" of golf.I found this book very interesting.The author provides his unbridled opinions leaving himself open to controversy.
I personally find the author's opinion on commercialism in golf rather spot on. Golf companies are racing each other to put out the latest and greatest equipment, and are losing sight on what is truly important to the game. while this book does not delve into the aspect of how to make the game "easier"to play. Its opinions on how to get golf back on track economically and socially are very insightful.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the commercialism of golf.
I personally find the author's opinion on commercialism in golf rather spot on. Golf companies are racing each other to put out the latest and greatest equipment, and are losing sight on what is truly important to the game. while this book does not delve into the aspect of how to make the game "easier"to play. Its opinions on how to get golf back on track economically and socially are very insightful.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the commercialism of golf.
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