Pebble Beach Golf Links: The Official History

by Neal Hotelling

Book Overview

When one thinks of Pebble Beach, two images immediately pop into view: the daunting dogleg 18th with the Pacific Ocean roaring on the left, and a gaggleful of celebrity hackers tearing up the place in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188694704X
• ISBN13: 9781886947047
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful photos, Fascinating Facts

Here is the story of one of America's most beautiful, historic & legendary golf courses. Backed by long hidden files and photos from The Pebble Beach Co. archives, this book is the definitive history of the course. The origin, development and fascination business aspects of the course are covered in detail. Among the multitude of historical photos are brilliant color shots showing the beauty of the course today.All the variety and glamour of Pebble Beach are here. Professional and amateur championships, women's golf and the Bing Crosby years with celebrities galore are documented with more wonderful photos.Pebble Beach is more than golf, it is a rich piece of Americana. This book makes that apparent and is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the sport or the personalities that make up Pebble Beach lore.

You can't judge a book by its cover...

Except here....this books cover is the most stunning photograph, The Lone Cypress with the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, but the insides are as good as the cover...maybe better. Great stories, rare photographs, Hollywood celebrities, championships with Nicklaus, Palmer, Bobby Jones....maybe the best coffe table book I've seen, and I have most of them.