Download or read book Nebraska Golf written by Stu Pospisil and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of golf in the United States traces back, almost unbelievably, to a six-hole round in 1887 on a remote course in Nebraska. It took until 1895 for the sport to make its way to Omaha. Once it did, the game gained popularity on courses carved from pasture and timber land by some of the greatest names in U.S. golf. Legends like Johnny Goodman, the last amateur to win the U.S. Open, are part of Nebraska's golf legacy. But what changed the scope of golf in the state - and the country - was Sand Hills Golf Club in 1995. Omaha World-Herald sportswriter Stu Pospisil chronicles Sand Hills - and the state's other courses old and new - along with the people behind them who have made Nebraska a national-caliber destination for one of the greatest games on earth.
Download or read book Git R Done written by Larry the Cable Guy and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chock-Full of Straight Talk About America. . . And Some Jokes, Too! Larry the Cable Guy on . . . NASCAR: It’s a lotta good old-fashioned fun started by a buncha moonshiners. Just seein’ all the ZZ Top–lookin’ folks drinkin’ beer, havin’ a good time, and not givin’ a darn is awesome. And that’s just the women! Dieting: I once went on the “liquid diet.” I was supposed to drink nothin’ but liquids for a week. But I got so drunk and sick of that Jim Beam and Coke, I’ll never drink it again. Why his catchphrase “git-r-done” is better than other catchphrases: Ya can’t be at a ball game with two outs in the ninth inning and yell to the pitcher “Bounty is the quicker picker-upper!!” It makes no sense. But you could yell “Git-r-done” and everyone would know what you meant. The red state–blue state divide: Is Dr. Seuss runnin’ the government? Larry’s mom on Larry’s book: “There’s really not much I can say here except for I apologize to everyone ahead of time for the crap you are about to read.” —Larry’s mom Also available as an eBook.
Download or read book A Course Called America written by Tom Coyne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Globe-trotting golfer Tom Coyne has finally come home. And he’s ready to play all of it. After playing hundreds of courses overseas in the birthplace of golf, Coyne, the bestselling author of A Course Called Ireland and A Course Called Scotland, returns to his own birthplace and delivers a “heartfelt, rollicking ode to golf…[as he] describes playing golf in every state of the union, including Alaska: 295 courses, 5,182 holes, 1.7 million total yards” (The Wall Street Journal). In the span of one unforgettable year, Coyne crisscrosses the country in search of its greatest golf experience, playing every course to ever host a US Open, along with more than two hundred hidden gems and heavyweights, visiting all fifty states to find a better understanding of his home country and countrymen. Coyne’s journey begins where the US Open and US Amateur got their start, historic Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. As he travels from the oldest and most elite of links to the newest and most democratic, Coyne finagles his way onto coveted first tees (Shinnecock, Oakmont, Chicago GC) between rounds at off-the-map revelations, like ranch golf in Eastern Oregon and homemade golf in the Navajo Nation. He marvels at the golf miracle hidden in the sand hills of Nebraska and plays an unforgettable midnight game under bright sunshine on the summer solstice in Fairbanks, Alaska. More than just a tour of the best golf the United States has to offer, Coyne’s quest connects him with hundreds of American golfers, each from a different background but all with one thing in common: pride in welcoming Coyne to their course. Trading stories and swing tips with caddies, pros, and golf buddies for the day, Coyne adopts the wisdom of one of his hosts in Minnesota: the best courses are the ones you play with the best people. But, in the end, only one stop on Coyne’s journey can be ranked the Great American Golf Course. Throughout his travels, he invites golfers to debate and help shape his criteria for judging the quintessential American course. Should it be charmingly traditional or daringly experimental? An architectural showpiece or a natural wonder? Countless conversations and gut instinct lead him to seek out a course that feels bold and idealistic, welcoming yet imperfect, with a little revolutionary spirit and a damn good hot dog at the turn. He discovers his long-awaited answer in the most unlikely of places. Packed with fascinating tales from American golf history, comic road misadventures, illuminating insights into course design, and many a memorable round with local golfers and celebrity guests alike, A Course Called America is “a delightful, entertaining book even nongolfers can enjoy” (Kirkus Reviews).
Download or read book Golfing Nebraska written by Golfing Nebraska and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Golfing Nebraska written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Golf in the Nebraska Sand Hills written by Dean G. Kratz and published by Concierge Marketing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Spalding s Official Golf Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains official rules of the United States Golf Association.
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Download or read book The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf written by Mike Vago and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect golfing gift: A book that is a complete, working 9-hole miniature golf course, with miniature golf balls and putter included. The first book you can play through. The book that's a true original. Featuring nine themed courses, from pirates to dinosaurs to the classic windmill, The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf celebrates the silliness and the golf-for-everyone! attitude of Putt-Putt. Each page in the book is a cleverly designed hole, modeled on real mini golf courses. Tap the ball through the grooves and make sure to avoid the obstacles. Then see if you can get it in the clown's mouth on the last hole. Every hole is par fun.
Download or read book NEW ENGLAND GOLFGUIDE 2017 written by Mike Suvalle and published by Callarose, LLC.. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Directory for golf in New England - 675 Courses You Can Play - Over $5000 in Discount Coupons - New England's Top Golf Courses - Special Private Club Section - Win a New Set of Golf Clubs
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Download or read book Sec Planet Golf USA written by Darius Oliver and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition features superb photographs and detailed reviews of America's finest courses A magnificent tour of the greatest golf courses in the United States, this new edition of Planet Golf USA features superb photographs and detailed reviews of America's finest courses. Revised and updated with new reviews and all-new images, it remains the most comprehensive directory ever published on the nation's outstanding golf layouts. Included are reviews of the top 100 courses in the United States, as well as important hidden gems and a number of restored Golden Age masterpieces. Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters Champion, and his design partner, Bill Coore, contribute an insightful foreword. They are the leading architects in golf, and their courses feature prominently in the book. Completely revised and updated with the best new golf courses in America, Planet Golf USA will provide many hours of essential reading for any active or armchair golfer and is a perfect addition to any golfer's library.
Download or read book Walt s Guide to Nebraska Public Golf written by Walt Pepper and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wide Open Fairways written by Bradley S. Klein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In golf the playing field is also landscape, where nature and the shaping of it conspire to test athletic prowess. As golf courses move away from the "big business, pristine lawn" approach of recent times, Bradley S. Klein, a leading expert on golf course design and economics, finds much to contemplate, and much to report, in the way these wide-open spaces function as landscapes that inspire us, stimulate our senses, and reveal the special nature of particular places. A meditation on what makes golf courses compelling landscapes, this is also a personal memoir that follows Klein's own unique journey across the golfing terrain, from the Bronx and Long Island suburbia to the American prairie and the Pacific Northwest. Whether discussing Robert Moses and Donald Trump and the making of New York City, or the role of golf in the development of the atomic bomb, or the relevance of Willa Cather to how the game has taken hold in the Nebraska Sandhills, Klein is always looking for the freedom and the meaning of golf's wide-open spaces. And as he searches, he offers a deeply informed and absorbing view of golf courses as cultural markers, linking the game to larger issues of land use, ecology, design, and imagination. Purchase the audio edition.
