Publisher's Synopsis
From the Belfry to St Andrews, from Royal Lytham St Anne's to Carnoustie, Great British Golf Courses provides a fascinating aerial perspective on Britain's golf courses.
Great British Golf Courses combines Getmapping's high-quality aerial photography with essential facts and figures on 50 courses and their history to create a unique package and a perfect gift for the golf enthusiast.
Stunning aerial shots of golf courses throughout the British Isles cover all the championship classics, from Wentworth to Royal Troon, from Gleneagles to St Andrews, The Belfry, Carnoustie, Woburn and Royal Lytham & St Anne's.
Accompanying locator maps show how to find the golf courses and unique course diagrams make it possible to trace each hole on the course.
Details of pars, club histories and championships played are included as well as unusual anecdotes such as:
-Burnham & Berrow has a church in the middle of the golf course and had to be redesigned to stop churchgoers being hit by golf balls
-During and English championship at Moortown, one of the players had to hit his third shot at the 18th from inside the bar
-Course architect Herbert Golwer is quote as saying 'God builds golf links, and the less man meddles the better for all concerned'
Getmapping British Golf Courses is a truly complete golfing companion.
