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The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back | 
 enlarge | Author: Geoff Shackelford
Creator: Nick Faldo
Brand: Booklegger
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 688709
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 1570614563
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352
EAN: 9781570614569
ASIN: 1570614563
Publication Date: April 10, 2005
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Product Description
Have you noticed that courses are becoming glorified driving ranges designed to accommodate the yardage gains of so-called technological advancements? You are not alone. If you feel that the traditional game is in a state of crisis, you may be right. The Future of Golf is a relevant and refreshingly hard look at modern golf. A mix of commentary, analysis and essays, The Future of Golf contends that the game of golf has been hijacked by corporate interests, while it's governing associations turn a blind eye. This thought provoking book is a hands-down, must-have addition to any golfer's collection.
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The Future of Golf March 21, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you, like me, are concerned about what is happening to golf and feel that technology has gone too far, then this book is a "Must".
The most important golf book now in publication. April 11, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is nothing less than the most important book on the game of golf now in print. It is the most important golf book of the last 25 years, and is probably the most important golf book since the writing of C. B. Macdonald, Bernard Darwin and even Bob Jones.
It is not an elegant book; others, including Shackelford himself have written books that are far more beautiful in terms of lavish publications. But the comparisons that have been made between this book and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" are apt. This book is a call to arms in the golf technology arms race.
These are direct, pithy, clear-eyed essays that will provoke any reader to challenge about half of what is becoming the accepted state of affairs in the world of golf.
You cannot be a serious-minded student of the game of golf in the 21st Century without reading, and indeed studying, this book.
An update on a hot topic November 24, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The subjects of technology, design, and price in golf have been with us for a long while (perhaps longer than most realize), but few books tackle them head on. Here, Geoff Shackelford points out where not only he but many professional tour players, course architects, and even voices from the past believe things have gotten off track.
For anyone who has lost interest in golf on TV, is tired of 6 hours rounds at even "high-end" public facilities, and would love to know why exactly the latest and greatest in driver technology "just keeps getting better" (and more expensive) when, supposedly, the USGA put a roof on it, you will want to read this.
On a final note, while much of the information has been updated for this revised edition, much of the writing will be very familiar to those who regularly follow Geoff Shackelford's articles. First time readers will get much more out it.
Eye-opening and inspiring. June 4, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Finally someone is saying exactly what needs to be said about the current state of golf. "The Future of Golf" opened my eyes to the problems the game is now facing; problems that so many are trying to cover up. As a golf lover I am horrified at the direction the game is going and this book nailed what these problems are, and what needs to be done to fix them.
This is probably Shackelford's best work, as well as his most important, and I'm afraid it will not be recognized as such because of its controversial nature. If this book does not reach an enormous audience it will be an absolute tragedy. I urge everyone who cares about the game of golf and our great courses to read "The Future of Golf". One way or another I am going to get a copy into the hands of every golfer I know. We must start wherever we can and take back the game of golf before it's too late.
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