Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and GreenKeeping (inscription!)

Mackenzie, Alister J.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1920. 135p. cloth illustrated 1st ed. Introduction by Harry S. Colt. Rare inscription by Mackenzie "With the Author's compliments April 1920".

"Four short essays on course design by one of the first great course architects and one of the first to recognize that a course could be created by taking advantage of natural features and terrain of the site." (Murdoch). Dr. Mackenzie "is recognized as the most influential golf course architect of the early twentieth century... Mackenzie's reputation was secured with the publication... of his seminal work 'Golf Architecture,' in which he set forth 13 rules for successful design" Item #7955

D&J M2860.

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