Binding: Hardcover
Brand: Booklegger
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520222
EAN: 9781426200380
Edition: 1
Feature: Hard Cover
ISBN: 1426200382
Label: National Geographic
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: National Geographic
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2007-04-17
Publisher: National Geographic
Release Date: 2007-04-17
Studio: National Geographic

• Hard Cover
• Marty Parkes

Just in time for Father's Day and a new golf season, Classic Shots showcases the best 250 photographs of the sport from the 1920s to the present day, culled from the USGA's archive of more than half a million images. While some of these photos have appeared in print over the years, many have never been published before.

Among the many highlights are a single image showing the great Bob Jones' swing sequence... Payne Stewart's 1999 U.S. Open-winning putt at Pinehurst Country Club... Arnold Palmer's 1960 win at Cherry Hill... dramatic shots of Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie, and other golf superstars. The photographs are organized into five geographic regions: Northeast, South, Mid-Continent, West, and International. Accompanying essays introduce each region, examining particular images and telling the stories behind them. An essay by New York Times columnist and best-selling author Thomas L. Friedman underscores the unique qualities of the game of golf and its enduring impact upon its players and fans.

From memorable moments of the game to casual portraits of legendary players, from striking landscapes of world-renowned courses to fascinating artifacts and memorabilia, Classic Shots is a unique visual treasure that will delight and inspire golfers of all ages.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Love golf - this is a classic
Comment: Love this book for its classic shots as the title depicts. There are wonderful pictures of golfers through the decades, makes a great coffee table book or a wonderful gift for the golfer in your life.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: An Extraordinary Collection
Comment: This volume gives us a very unusual and refreshing glimpse of virtually every aspect of the game. The patience and thoughtfulness given to analyzing and selecting from among the half-million images in the USGA photo archives is amazing enough in itself, but what Marty Parkes and his collaborators at Golf House have put together here will stir the imagination and thrill the soul of anyone who has ever held a golf club. Whether it's Tiger with his Dad or Old Tom Morris and Harry Vardon at St. Andrews, Ouimet blasting out of a bunker at the '23 Walker Cup or, perhaps one of the most poignant photos, a group of uniformed servicemen on a practice green at Camp Gordon, Georgia during World War II, this volume has it all ... and all of us will be the better for spending time with it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Classic Shots is captured forever!
Comment: I am fortunate and I am forever grateful to be the proud holder of this beautiful book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Your guy will love this...mine did!
Comment: I purchased this book as a Father's Day gift for my golfer husband. He loved it! Our golfer son came to visit and he loved it! National Geographic has produced an excellent product with this beautifully photographed and extremely well written volume. My husband placed it on our bookcase...face forward...it's that beautiful!

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