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Emile Bonfiglio

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You only get to take 10 books
« on: July 26, 2011, 03:14:35 PM »
Lets assume you have the greatest personal collection of golf books known to man (available to man) and your home is on fire. Assuming all important things (family, photo, clubs) are safe. What 10 books do you grab from your library to save? 8 of them have to be architecture related.
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Ronald Montesano

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2011, 05:08:21 PM »
Flatbellies
Legend of Bagger Vance
(sorry, Mike Murphy, but GITK doesn't make it in)


Best of Henry Longhurst
Best of Herbert Warren Wind
Evangelist of Golf
The Old Man
Missing Links (Rick Reilly)
Missing Links (Dan Wexler)
Champion In A Man's World
The Confidential Guide

(Keep in mind all that I'm leaving out...so sad.)
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Dave McCollum

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2011, 05:10:14 PM »
From my measly assortment:
1.   The Confidential Guide
2.   Scotland’s Gift
3.   Wind’s History of American Golf
4.   Darwin’s The Golf Courses of the British Isles
5.   Hunter’s The Links
6.   Doak’s Anatomy of a Golf Course
7.   Planet Golf
8.   Where Golf is Great (Finegan)
9.   one of Shackleford’s:  either Alister Mackenzie’s Cypress Point Club or The Golden age of Golf Design
10.   Wexler’s The Golfer’s Library—so that I can start over again.
11.   Just ‘cause I never follow orders, George’s The Evangelist of Golf 

I’m probably missing a few.  In fact, if they all burned, I could probably collect 10 loaned out to friends and be OK.  Once read, my books circulate in the futile attempt to convince my golfing mates there is more to the game than a friendly wager, a scorecard covered in presses and other scribbles, and cold beer.  A losing fight against a compellingly wicked mistress.
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Michael Dugger

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2011, 05:16:31 PM »
The Links
Golf Course Architecture in America
Spirit of St. Andrews
Confidential Guide
World Golf Atlas
Bury Me In A Pot Bunker
The Evangelist of Golf
Dream Golf
Grounds for Golf
Shack's book on Cypress Point
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Dave McCollum

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2011, 05:54:51 PM »
I didn’t read the question very carefully until after I posted.  I’d take the 10 that made the collection the greatest known to man and, no doubt, cost a fortune to acquire because they are irreplaceable.  Safely secured, I’d scan them and put them online.   
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Emile Bonfiglio

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 06:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Dave McCollum on July 26, 2011, 05:54:51 PM
I didn’t read the question very carefully until after I posted.  I’d take the 10 that made the collection the greatest known to man and, no doubt, cost a fortune to acquire because they are irreplaceable.  Safely secured, I’d scan them and put them online.   

I referring to books that are somewhat accessible.
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Jim Johnson

Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2011, 07:13:09 PM »
True Links
St. Andrews - The Evolution of the Old Course
The Seventh at St. Andrews
Dream Golf (great book on the creation of the Bandon Resort)
Grounds for Golf
Journey Through the Links
A Walk in the Park
The Golf Courses of Stanley Thompson
The Evangelist of Golf
Golf Course Architecture (Hurdzan) - this is the book that started my collection
Golf Course Designs (Fazio)
Any of the 5 "Golf Architecture: A Worldwide Perspective" books.

Oops, that's 12  ;D
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Kevin Pallier

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2011, 07:57:34 AM »
Emile

Like golf courses - I cant rate books I haven't seen ?

Five that I'd grab:
Golf Courses of the British Isles - Darwin
Golf Architecture - Mackenzie
Confidential Guide - Doak
World Atlas of Golf - Numerous
Classic Links of GB&I - Steel


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Ian Andrew

Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2011, 09:24:10 AM »
Golf Books:

Golf Course Architecture in America
Golf Architecture
The Links
Some Essays on Golf Architecture
Eighteen Stakes on a Sunday Afternoon
The Future of Golf in America
The Confidential Guide
The Architectural Side of Golf

The other two are a much tougher choice;
Structures by Gordon, Ways of Seeing by Berger, perhaps....
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Jay Flemma

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2011, 02:08:04 PM »
As much as I love golf and GCA, if my library was on fire, I'd grab the confidential guide and Anatomy of a Golf Course.  Everything else I cold grab at Barnes and Noble.

That being said, if I ever get exiled to a desert island with no Internet, The Lord of the Rings and The name of the Rose are my first two picks.  For golf books, I love Slim and None and Spirit of St. Andrews.  If I'm stranded on a desert island, the CG won't do me much good:)
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michael damico

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2011, 02:28:24 PM »
Spirit of St. Andrews
The Links
Golf Architecture
Some Essays on Golf Architecture
Golf Course Architecture in America
The Architectural Side of Golf
Scotland's Gift: Golf
Anatomy of a Golf Course
Gleanings From the Wayside
Masters of the Links
The Future of Golf
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RSLivingston_III

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2011, 05:11:17 PM »
Assuming the house is on fire;

Thomas Stewart Club maker book, my personal leather bound copy
Golf in the Kingdom, UK 1st ed.
The Links
Golf Architecture in America
Golf Courses of James Braid
Golf Courses of Tom Morris
Golf Architecture, MacKenzie
Badminton Library of Golf
Scotlands Gift Golf
Hazards
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Mike Benham

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2011, 05:30:00 PM »

I'd let them all burn and cash in on the insurance ...
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George Pazin

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2011, 05:54:39 PM »
Quote from: Mike Benham on July 27, 2011, 05:30:00 PM

I'd let them all burn and cash in on the insurance ...

Mike, you'd make a lousy criminal - the idea is to hide them all and THEN collect on the insurance. Of course, many people have told me I'd make a lousy criminal, and I consider that a compliment...

I don't know if any of my golf books would make the cut (besides Rick's book, friends first!), but among my gca books, I'd give some consideration to:

Daley's Golf Architecture volumes
Daley's My Favourite Holes By Design
Shack's Golden Age of Golf
Shack's Cypress Point book
Shack and Miller's The Art of Golf Design
Bahto's The Evangelist of Golf
Everything Darwin I own (only 2, I think)

I already gave away 3 copies of The Confidential Guide, didn't realize they'd become collectors items - that's an apt metaphor for my life, really.
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michael damico

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2011, 01:51:32 PM »
Quote from: Mike Benham on July 27, 2011, 05:30:00 PM

I'd let them all burn and cash in on the insurance ...

I dont think the value that I would be reimbursed would fully compensate for the notes, qualities and charm each of the books I own have. I would say kind of a quirky thing like mentioned on the site here. Just not worth it to let em burn...give me another 10 years with the books and I may take your advice though.
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Bruce Hospes

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2011, 07:19:38 AM »
I'd grab my Kindle that way I would have them all.

Bruce
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Colin Macqueen

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Re: You only get to take 10 books
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2011, 07:01:49 AM »
Emile,
Not nearly as many "architectooralooral" as you demanded but I find the "architectooralooral" tomes a wee bit dry after a while! I might be shunned, nay banished, after such an admission on this site! Notwithstanding here is my selection which I simply cannot whittle down below eleven!

World Atlas of Golf
Scotlands Gift: Golf - C. B. Macdonald
The Links - R. S. Hunter
The Mystery of Golf - A. Haultain
Golf in The Kingdom - M. Murphy
The Essential Henry Longhurst - H. Longhurst
Following Through - H. W. Wind
The Happy Golfer - B. Darwin
Sophie's World - J. Gaarder
Cold Mountain - C. Frazier
Last Night in Twisted River - J. Irving
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