The 500 World's Greatest Golf Holes
George Peper, the editors of Golf Magazine and their panel of experts come up in this book with the top 500 golf holes in the world. It is an outstanding book for everyone who is interest in golf course architecture and golf holes. Every list and ranking is very subjective, but the analytic approach taken in this book make a great source. After a short introduction the editors narrowed it down to the top 500 holes in the world, starting with the top 18, followed by the top 100 and top 500.
George Peper, the editors of Golf Magazine and their panel of experts come up in this book with the top 500 golf holes in the world. It is an outstanding book for everyone who is interest in golf course architecture and golf holes. Every list and ranking is very subjective, but the analytic approach taken in this book make a great source. After a short introduction the editors narrowed it down to the top 500 holes in the world, starting with the top 18, followed by the top 100 and top 500.
In the final section the "best of the best" golf holes are listed for various categories:
- Single best holes by number
- Most scenic holes
- Most difficult holes
- Most strategic holes
- Most heroic holes
- Most penal holes
- Longest holes
- Best short par 4s
- Best mountain holes
- Best ocean holes
- Best water holes (non-ocean)
- Best holes with bunkers
- Hardest-to-putt holes
- Best greensites
- Best holes in America
- Best holes in Europe
- Best holes in Australasia and Japan
- Best links holes
- Best holes designed since 1970
- Best holes designed by Donald Ross
- Best holes designed by Alister Mackenzie
- Best holes designed by A.W. Tillinghast
- Best holes designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
- Holes most nearly impossible to get on
- Best holes you can play
- Holes that have produced great moments
