Project Gutenberg 2014-01-08 Public domain in the USA. 176 Darwin, Bernard 1876 1961 Darwin, Bernard Richard Meirion Rountree, Harry 1878 11026776 The Golf Courses of the British Isles Produced by KD Weeks, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Golf Courses of the British Isles" by Bernard Darwin is a detailed exploration of golf courses, written in the early 20th century. This book serves as both a practical guide and a historical account, delving into the evolving nature of golf courses in Britain, highlighting not only their design but also the changes in the game itself. Through a combination of personal anecdote and objective analysis, the author showcases several notable golf courses, reflecting on their unique features and characteristics. At the start of the narrative, Darwin sets the stage by discussing the transformation of golf courses in London over the past decade or so. He contrasts the former state of these courses—often muddy, rudimentary, and less appreciated—with the emergence of more sophisticated and well-designed courses like Sunningdale and Walton Heath. The opening portion serves to illustrate the development of golf course architecture, emphasizing how modern designers have learned from the past to create better golfing experiences, and it introduces various courses that will be examined throughout the rest of the work. This engaging commentary invites readers to appreciate golf not only as a sport but also as an evolving art form intertwined with the landscape and culture of Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44623/44623-h/images/cover.jpg en Golf courses -- Great Britain GV Text Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Travel & Geography 510618 510578 2024-09-18T17:09:59.432904 2023-09-19T12:34:45.177192 text/html text/html 492853 2014-01-08T09:38:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 4121896 2014-01-08T09:38:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3986737 2024-09-18T17:10:07.780881 application/epub+zip 3994487 2024-09-18T17:10:01.208876 application/epub+zip 253821 2024-09-18T17:10:00.177880 application/epub+zip 4126594 2024-09-18T17:10:12.730821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4087255 2024-09-18T17:10:06.884850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354915 2022-09-20T11:15:14.498221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433967 433747 2024-09-18T17:09:58.272928 2023-09-19T12:34:44.138176 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 433747 2014-01-08T09:38:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 160871 2014-01-08T09:38:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 433738 2014-01-08T09:38:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 160847 2014-01-08T09:38:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20289 2024-09-18T17:10:12.888812 application/rdf+xml 9227 2024-09-18T17:10:00.348893 image/jpeg 1678 2024-09-18T17:10:00.261902 image/jpeg 4128220 2024-09-18T17:09:59.633899 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog