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Grand Slam Golf: Courses of the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, the Pga Championship
enlarge	Author: George Peper Creator: Mike Klemme Publisher: Harry N Abrams Category: Book List Price: ~~$49.50~~ Buy Used: $0.13 You Save: $49.37 (100%) New (11) Used (57) from $0.13 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 2008258 Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 304 Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4 Dimensions (in): 12 x 10 x 1.3 ISBN: 0810933594 Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352068 EAN: 9780810933590 ASIN: 0810933594 Publication Date: September 1991 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description Here is a colorful, sumptuously illustrated grand tour of the Grand Slam--an extraordinary visit and lavish tribute to the 30 most prominent sites of golf's four major championships--The Masters, The British Open, The U.S. Open, and The PGA Championship. Provides a wealth of information on these four major tournaments--plus top-ten finishes for over 200 events, bibliography, index, charts. 300 illusrations, 250 in full color.

Customer Reviews: A fair look over the last century of golf November 12, 2004 3 out of 3 found this review helpful The modern-day grand slam, established in lines with the rise of the professional game and the emergance of the Masters tournament, takes place on the great courses of Britain and the US. The tales which have come from these often epic confrontations on the most esteemed playing fields are many. A focused effort to catalog them was made in this volume. Anyone familiar with golf will know many of the stories here-in: the original Grand Slam of Bobby Jones, the rise of Nicklaus, the fall of Hogan, Palmer, and Watson at Olympic. This all-in-one volume covers many of the venues up to 1991 for the majors, while leaving a few on the side for the sake of greater coverage of the more important locales. Two things that could use a tweek if an updated edition is released is full course layouts (at present there are many that only introduce a few holes), and greater information on the "classic Slam" (US and British ametures) duels. Additional notes regarding all the changes that have been made to courses since the 90s (greater in total, it would seem, than those made before) will also be needed. Overall, not a bad reference, but not the thing to buy if you are interested in the courses themselves. For that, you should go to the World Golf Atlas or any other, more general book.