{"product_id":"golf-has-never-failed-me-isbn-9781886947108","title":"Golf Has Never Failed Me","description":"Many years before his death in 1948, legendary golf course architect Donald Ross wrote a book that was never published. Within the manuscript, Ross offered many of his thoughts on the game that he so dearly loved. In the mid-1990s, the book was miraculously rediscovered and published to great acclaim.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolf Has Never Failed Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis an insightful look at the game by one of its most famous and beloved people. And what may surprise you is that many of the astute observations that he made so long ago still hold true today.\u003c\/p\u003e  Foreword.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Legend We Hardly Know.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Reasons Why.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow I Got My Start.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Design Standards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStop Throwing Stones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocation, Location, Location.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocations To Be Avoided.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Course Divided is No Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood and Bad Shapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Much Land Is Needed?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign on Land, Not on Paper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtect Your Club.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach Course Must Be Original.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach Course Must Have Strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ideal Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Put the Clubhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Opening Holes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZigzag the Holes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere to Put the Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Best Approach to the Green.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedan and Punchbowl Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong versus Short Holes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdjustable Tees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater Hazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlind Shots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong and Short Par 4s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany Long Courses Are Uninteresting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNine versus Eighteen Holes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBunkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo Bunker Is Misplaced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScooped-Out Pits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunken Pits with Raised Faces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePot Bunkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMound and Pot Combinations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiagonal Bunkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Hazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHummocks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrregular Mounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong Grass.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrass Hollows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeep Grass Ravines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrush.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Slight Drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrainage, Drainage, Drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDraining Putting Greens on Sandy Loam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDraining Putting Greens on Clay Soils.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Cheaper Method of Draining Putting Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Build Greens and Mounds Separately.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen to Prepare Putting Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Tees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDraining Tees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparing Fairways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePloughing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLay on the Lime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFairways on Sandy Soils.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProper Turf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Old Turf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeding Putting Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeding Tees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeding Fairways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Overfertilize.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMowing New Turf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMowing Greens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI Don't Much Care for Rollers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChange That Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Ignore Tees.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReplace Those Divots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGood and Bad Bunkering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDraining Bunkers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlasting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Need for Water.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Overwater.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon't Handicap the Architect.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSkokie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAronomink.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInverness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeminole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOakland Hills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePinehurst.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDornoch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreenkeeping versus Club Professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Return of Shotmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Game Is Easier Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpoiled Golfers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Needs a Golf Course Critic?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Golf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlorida versus California.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre British Courses Better?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehind the Scene on a Project.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo Golfers Need Rules?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Rule That Is Necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy I Don't Gamble.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Debt to the Game.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA List of Prominent Golf Courses Designed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDonald J. Ross.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald Ross\u003c\/b\u003e, one of Scotland's great exports to America, has designed or remodeled some of the most magnificent and challenging courses on the planet. His commentaries on the rationale behind his architecture, penned before World War I but only recently rediscovered, present a continuous fairway of graceful and thoughtful insights into the game. 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