Scotland's Golf Courses

Scotland's Golf Courses

by Robert Price

(Mercat Press 2002)

(225 pages A5 Softcopy)

Robert Price is a geographer and geologist who is a leading golfing consultant. Scotland's Golf Courses is already in its second edition which is a tribute to how clearly Mr Price lays out some very detailed research. The book covers

• where early golf was played and how and why it developed across Scotland in two chapters
• an analysis of the golf course geology including links, parkland and how these were created
• classifications and details of present golf courses including a general summary of facts and figures and detailed explanation of the courses divided up into four different regions of Scotland in five chapters

The appendix contains lists of every Scottish course by region with details of their length, date of construction, green fee band, management type, landform and vegetation. There are more than 60 figures and tables and 60 photographs with diagrams illustrating all the different types of golf courses and their terrains as well as many maps showing where they are located across Scotland.