The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture

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Summary: A hidden gem
Review: A wonderful book if you like golf courses and design. The author's other book, The Golden Age, is even better and I enjoyed both.

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Summary: Save your money
Review: I was extremely disappointed in this book. Mr. Shackelford didn't know whether to write it as a biography of George C. Thomas or as a summary to George C. Thomas' book "Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction". Neither was written well enough to finish 5 chapters.

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Summary: Ron Whitten, Author of The Architects of Golf:
Review: The Captain is Geoff Shackelford's brilliant bouquet to the memory of one of America's legendary golf architects, George C. Thomas Jr. Using little known details and newly discovered illustrations, Shackelford thoughtfully analyzes the might captain's course architecture with the same loving attention that Thomas himself gave to both his course designs and his hybrid roses.