Every golfer understands that the overall golf experience doesn't just begin with the first tee shot of the day and end with the final putt on the 18th. For many,the golf experience begins the minute you drive up to the clubhouse and isn't truly over until the door closes behind you on the way out. So in a world of first and lasting impressions, the role of the clubhouse and its relationship to the golf course is a critical one.
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The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf Clubhouse is a photographic feast of many of the world's great golf clubhouses and the often-sumptuous fit-outs that accompany the game at the world's most illustrious courses.
In 1929, Clifford Wendehack, an architect who specialized in clubhouse design and the creator of the Winged Foot Clubhouse,wrote the last book on clubhouses. It chronicled the planning and design of country clubhouses in the 1920s. Almost 80 years later,Richard Diedrich--possibly a reincarnation of Wendehack in his focus on clubhouse design in the last quarter century--has written the seminal book on clubhouses. Beginning with legendary clubhouses built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States, Diedrich presents the remarkable evolution of clubhouse architecture into the 21st century.
The 19th Hole showcases 18 legendary clubhouses, including Augusta National Golf Club, Medinah Country Club, and Winged Foot Golf Club, as well as 40 recently designed and built clubhouses in the United States that have set the standard around the world.
Featuring a foreword by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, outstanding colour photography and stunning watercolor site plans The 19th Hole is a showcase of best practice and exciting new developments in the architecture of the golf clubhouse.
Foreword
Introduction
LEGENDS
Augusta National Golf Club
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Capital City Club
Brookhaven
Crabapple
Congressional Country Club
East Lake Golf Club
Farmington Country Club
Longue Vue Club
Maidstone Club
Medinah Country Club
Merion Golf Club
Oakland Hills Country Club
Oakmont Country Club
Saint Andrews Golf Club
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
The Tuxedo Club
Wee Burn Country Club
Winged Foot Golf Club
BECOMING LEGENDS
The American Club
Whistling Straits
Blackwolf Run
Riverbend
Anglebrook Golf Club
Atlantic Golf Club
The Bear's Club
The Bridge
The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe
Cassique Country Club
Castle Pines Golf Club
Chechessee Creek Club
Cherokee Town & Country Club
The Club at Mediterra
Country Club of the North
Country Club of the South
Dallas National Golf Club
Desert Highlands Golf Club
Desert Mountain Club
Cochise Geronimo
Chiricahua
The Dye Preserve Golf Club
English Turn Golf & Country Club
Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club
Estancia Club
Grand Cypress Golf Club
Jupiter Hills Club
King Kamehameha Golf Club
Mayacama Golf Club
Nantucket Golf Club
New Albany Country Club
Old Collier Golf Club
Old Overton Club
Paradise Valley Country Club
The Preserve Golf Club at the Santa Lucia Preserve
The Reserve Club
Roaring Fork Club
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club
Sherwood Country Club
The Silverleaf Club
The Sonoma Golf Club
Stock Farm Club
The Vintage Club
Wynstone Golf Club
Acknowledgments
Index