Book Reviews

A look at Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club by Geoff Shackleford.

In 1927, golf architect Alister MacKenzie had the chance to take 150 acres of dunescape on the Monterey Peninsula and turn it into the golf course of his dreams. Alsiter Mackenzie's Cypress Point Club is a pictorial display of what he accomplished.

Author Geoff Shackleford, a historian of golf architecture, writes: "This book attempts to provide a rare opportunity to step back in time and study the most stunning creation in the history of golf course architecture: Alister Mackenzie's Cypress Point Club."

If you would like to read more of this book review and our suggested reading list pick up the May June 2001 issue of Pinehurst Magazine.

Previous Book Reviews

Payne Stewart by Tracey Stewart with Ken Abraham; $24.99

In this authorized biography of her husband, Tracey Stewart shares the story of Payne's early life, growing up in Springfield, Missouri, under the watchful and loving eye of his first golf coach, his father, Bill Stewart.

The last several years of his life were marked by a renewed faith in God. Those closest to Stewart said his family and faith were what mattered most to him. At his funeral, Tracey described him as a devoted husband and father and a devout Christian.

Hallowed Ground Golf's Greatest Places essays by Jaime Diaz, Paintings by Linda Hartough; $45

The country's best-known golf landscape artist and Sports Illustrated's golf writer combine talents to produce a glorious visual book about the places we worship in the game of golf. Included here are the green cathedrals, the sublime arenas of the sport-- courses where giants have walked and stars have been born.

A special edition of Hallowed Ground, with the 5th hole, at Pinehurst No.2 on the cover is available exclusively at Pinehurst Country Club.

Pinehurst Stories A Celebration of Great Golf and Good Times by Lee Pace, $49.95

In the history of American golf one place reigns supreme-- Pinehurst has seen all of golf's greats. Now the memories of all the great golf and good times have been assembled in a fascinating book that tells not only the Pinehurst story but that of the development of American golf as well.

Three of golf's most noted and respected writers, Charles Price, Dick Taylor and Herbert Warren Wind, contribute exclusive chapters on the Pinehurst experience and provide insight in their own styles.

Paris Trance by Geoff Dyer is a short novel (274 page) and is his follow-up to Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawerence, which was a finalist for the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Although written about contemporary France and England, it feels like a return to Fitzgerald and Hemingway – with the addition of Ecstasy as a compliment to alcohol.