George Peper

A lavishly illustrated history brings to life the full, rich history of the game of golf, from its earliest forms in medieval Europe to the development of a modern, televised play. 250 full-color photos.

The Story of Golf

How the Pros Played Them--how You Can Play Them

Golf's Supershots

A latest edition of the photographic reference on the PGA tour follows the 2005 tournaments, providing an anecdotal history of each competition, tips on how to play specific shots, statistical tables, schematic maps or drawings of each course, yardage and par information, and lavish photography of rarely seen course views.

Golf Courses of the PGA Tour

The former editor-in-chief of Golf magazine and author of The Secret of Golf shares his experiences of retiring to a house alongside the venerable Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, on a personal journey during which his wife renovated their new seven-room home and he pursued a goal of breaking par. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

St. Andrews Sojourn

The Old Course at St. Andrews is to golfers what St. Peter's is to Catholics or the Western Wall is to Jews: hallowed ground, the course every golfer longs to play -- and master. In 1983 George Peper was playing the Old Course when he hit a slice so hideous that he never found the ball. But in looking for it, he came across a For Sale sign on a stone town house alongside the famed eighteenth hole. Two months later he and his wife, Libby, became the proud owners of 9A Gibson Place. In 2003 Peper retired after twenty-five years as the editor in chief of Golf magazine. With the younger of their two sons off to college, the Pepers decided to sell their house in the United States and relocate temporarily to the town house in St. Andrews. And so they left for the land of golf -- and single malt scotch, haggis, bagpipes, television licenses, and accents thicker than a North Sea fog. While Libby struggled with renovating an apartment that for years had been rented to students at the local university, George began his quest to break par on the Old Course. Their new neighbors were friendly, helpful, charmingly eccentric, and always serious about golf. In no time George was welcomed into the local golf crowd, joining the likes of Gordon Murray, the man who knows everyone; Sir Michael Bonallack, Britain's premier amateur golfer of the last century; and Wee Raymond Gatherum, a magnificent shotmaker whose diminutive stature belies his skills. For anyone who has ever dreamed of playing the Old Course -- and what golfer hasn't? -- this book is the next best thing. And for those who have had that privilege, Two Years in St. Andrews will revive old memories and confirm Bobby Jones's tribute, "If I were to set down to play on one golf course for the remainder of my life, I should choose the Old Course at St. Andrews."

At Home on the 18th Hole

Two Years in St. Andrews

Bill Murray

The star of Caddyshack describes how he transformed himself from a clumsy caddy at age ten to an expert golfer. Reprint.

My Life in Golf

Cinderella Story

With his brilliant creation, groundskeeper Carl Spackler, and the success of the film Caddyshack, Bill Murray and golf have become synonymous. Filled with Murray's trademark deadpan and spot-on humor, Cinderella Story chronicles his love affair with golf, from the life lessons he learned as a caddy - 'how to smoke, curse, play cards. But more important, when to' - to his escapades on the Pro-Am golf circuit at the Augusta National and as a fan at the Masters, the US Open, and the Western Open. An up-by-the-bootstraps tale of a man, his muse, and our fascination with a little white ball, Cinderella Story is one pilgrim's bemused path through the doglegs.

In this most recent addition to Assouline's highly covetable and lauded Ultimate Collection, George Peper, former editor in chief of Golf Magazine and 2016 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Journalism, takes readers on an incomparable golf journey as he travels the world detailing the 100 most significant, historically noteworthy, and architecturally paramount courses. Detailing intricate holes that have confounded the game's best, revisiting tournaments that have made and broken champions, and elucidating on the unique and truly special characteristics of each course makes Peper the perfect golf partner as he walks readers through the clubhouses, the fairways, and the bunkers. From greens as old and hallowed as St Andrews to courses celebrating their first anniversary like Nova Scotia's Cabot Cliffs, from the island mountain course of China's Shanqin Bay to the Hamptons' Maidstone Club, The Impossible Collection of Golf is an unequivocal sensory treat for the golf fanatic, or the perfect feast to feed the wanderlust simmering in all of us.

George Peper

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