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Limited-edition coffee-table books and extensive country-by-country critical guides, published by Beckenham — each documenting a golf course's design and history through the eyes of the player.

William fforde · 2013

St George's Hill Golf Club

Published for the club's centenary, one of two volumes that launched the Player's View series — celebrating the Surrey heathland course through photography of record and an authoritative design history.

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William fforde · 2014

Menaggio & Cadenabbia Golf Club

Italy's second oldest course, above Lake Como — its history told from J H Taylor's original nine holes to Commander John Harris's 1960s redesign, with a foreword by Ted Dexter.

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A promotional tool, an independent design history, and a contribution to building the world's largest permanent archive of golf course photography at the University of St Andrews.

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2004 · Print, soon to be Online

Pocket Guide to Golf Courses: Spain & Portugal

The best courses across Spain and Portugal, including the Balearics, Canaries, Madeira and the Azores — where to find them, what to expect, and how to book, all authoritatively rated.

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2006 · Print & Online Membership

Pocket Guide to Golf Courses: Ireland

Rating the best courses in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, all authoritatively rated — where to find them, what to expect, and how to book. Either buy the physical book, or join the online membership — access for one country, or access for every country in the series.

"Easily the best golf guide..." — Financial Times

Ivan Morris · 2006

The Doonbeg Ghosts

Self-confessed golf nut Ivan Morris dreams up a fantasy round of golf at Doonbeg, where he is joined by golfers famed from the past: no sooner has one player got going before they're trumped by another famous name, as, one by one, they fade back into history. Golf fiction at its best.

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