The Art of Golf Design

  • The Art of Golf Design
    by Michael Miller, Geoff Shackelford

    Published Fall, 2001

    Featuring the golf landscapes of Mike Miller with essays by Geoff Shackelford. Over 50 paintings of world famous courses, with extensive commentary on each hole featured along with opinionated essays from Geoff.

    "The only thing wrong with this book is that it's too big to read in bed. Not suited to the nightstand, it belongs atop a rising stack of commendable works on course architecture, long an area of obscure interest...The author and artist take the reader on a memorable journey beyond pervading conventions visiting numerous classic venues. The arguments are reasoned, drawn crisply without bombast; the essayist's historical reverence is never greasy with sentiment; the artwork is original and pleasing."
    -Jim Apfelbaum, golfbookreviews.com

    "Artist Michael G. Miller and writer Geoff Shackelford combined their two crafts to make one blend of information and inspiration about America's classic golf courses."
    -Golf Digest

    "There are many thought-provoking ideas in the text and great insight what drove the architects we now revere to create the playing fields we have protected, enhanced and enjoyed as we pursue the pill. The beauty of the book lies in the fact that whenever one tires of reading they can get lost in the paintings and their evocative moodiness."
    -Bob Labbance, Golf Collectors Society Bulletin