Nassau Country Club
Nassau Country Club

Author: Desmond Tolhurst

Publisher:

Published: 1995-09

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780964818002

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Heritage is synonymous with Nassau Country Club, home of the "two dollar Nassau wager"; also of the original Calamity Jane, renowned putter of Bobby Jones, & the Nassau bowl, oldest tennis award in the U.S. This Nassau Journey began 100 years ago in the heart of the old Gold Coast of Glen Cove, Long Island. The founders were rich in the history of this country at the turn into the 1900's. Among its first golf professionals were Alex Smith & Jimmie Maiden, from Carnoustie, Scotland. Nassau CC was The Place To Be for Jones, Travers, & Hagen, Vardon & Ray--for Nassau Bowl aspirants tennis greats Clothier, Tilden, Riggs, Trabert & Newcombe--J. P. Morgan & Percy Chubb--past Presidents of the U.S., luminaries, & royalty from abroad. Nassau is that rich in past tournaments in golf, lawn tennis, & squash that we earnestly researched & detailed many matches stroke by stroke; although unique for a club history, we invite the true follower to relive the excitement of days past to the present. Along the way, we introduce our members, their fun ways, the challenges exacerbated by two world wars, & the paths followed to solve problems & insure a future bicentennial.

The 19th Hole
The 19th Hole

Author: Richard Diedrich

Publisher: Images Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1864702230

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The 19th Hole examines the design of many of the world's great golf clubhouses. It's part of the IMAGES series of titles that looks exclusively at world-best practice in architecture. The book is a photographic feast of the often-sumptuous clubhouse fit-outs that accompanies golfing at these illustrious courses. This book is endorsed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, who names author Richard Diedrich in his foreword as possibly the only person he has ever met who truly understands the synergy that must coexist between golf courses and their clubhouses. Nicklaus and Diedrich paired up more than 25 years ago to design many of the world's newest and most prestigious clubs. Many of the world's most established and legendary courses are featured, including the Augusta National Golf Club, the Winged Foot Golf Club and the Congressional Country Club, to name a few. What makes this book outstanding, however, is its presentation of many new clubs that are destined to rank among the world's legendary clubs. These include 40 recently designed and built clubs in the United States that set the standard for designing clubs around the world, which is appropriate when it is considered that more than half of the world's 32,000 golf courses can be found within the United States.

Craft in America
Craft in America

Author: Jo Lauria

Publisher: Potter Style

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 0307346471

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Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft

The Vanderbilt Homes
The Vanderbilt Homes

Author: Robert B. King

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Linked with wealth and power since the 1860s, the Vanderbilts have often been regarded as America's "royal family". Here are 25 of their spectacular houses built during the country's Gilded Age, the height of Vanderbilt preeminence. The dwellings include Fifth Avenue townhouses, luxurious Newport summer palaces, and vast Adirondack mountain retreats. Illustrated.