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The Seventh at St. Andrews: How Scotsman David McLay Kidd and His Ragtag Band Built the First New Course onGolf's Holy Soil in Nearly a Century |  | Author: Scott Gummer
Publisher: Gotham Books
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 152585
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35209411
ASIN: B001GNYTZC
Publication Date: October 4, 2007
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Product Description
An acclaimed Scottish golf course architect who had to go to America to make his name lands the most coveted commission in all of golf: to design the first new course in almost a century for the town of St. Andrews, the game-s ancestral home.
David McLay Kidd became a wunderkind golf course architect before he was thirty years old, thanks to his universally lauded design at Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast. When the town of St. Andrews announced in 2001 that a new championship course was in the works-the town-s first since 1914-Kidd fought off all comers and earned the right to make golf history. Author Scott Gummer was there to chronicle the days in the dirt and the nights in the pubs, the politics and histrionics, all with exclusive access to David Kidd, his team, and the St. Andrews Links Trust.
Unfolding in arresting you-are-there scenes, The Seventh at St. Andrews follows the young master at work as Kidd, with his sharp tongue, leads his accomplices in transforming a plot of flat, uninspiring farmland-smack in the middle of which sits the town-s sewage plant-into a rollicking golfing adventure and the most anticipated golf course opening in a generation.
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Scott Gummer Hits a Hole in One November 2, 2007
J. B. Warden (California, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a non golfer who has never even walked a course I enjoyed this book immensely. Mr. Gummer brings the entire process of course building to life and his book is populated with larger than life characters. A great read and a perfect present for any golfer.
Very Bias November 12, 2007
Mr. D. M. Kidd (Bend, Oregon)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Hi, I'm David McLay Kidd and I wanted you to know what fun is was working with Scott on this book, he captured both the artistic and social level of what I and my team do and MOST importantly WHY we do it. I have been amazed at the positive comments I have received from those that have read the book, it reallys seems to capture the imagination of golfers. I hope you enjoy it. David...
St Andrews Castle course build March 7, 2009
Threeputt (Netherlands)
I bought this book as preparation for a golfing trip to where else St Andrews. We booked Castle course witout ever having seen the course but offcourse knowing the architect by reputation (Bandon sound familiar?).
The book turns out to be even better than we hoped its a great read just do not start reading late at night cause it is hard to put away...
A new chapter in Scotland golf history October 17, 2007
Erik Eisel (Huntington Beach, CA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RKVOPY91Y776E Believe it or not, golf architecture is one of the hottest topics in sports right now. Gummer's book brings this topic alive.
The Seventh at St. Andrews November 24, 2007
Deborah K. Millemaci (Kenmore, New York USA)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this book as a favor for my great-aunt who wanted this book as a gift for her son. She was told by a friend this would be a great book for my cousin as he is an avid golfer.
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