"An interesting study has been conducted by the USGA, aimed at determining if golfer expectations about course conditioning might be altered if golfers were better educated about costs and other management factors. Read about it here.
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This book is fully updated with more than fifty percent new material, including more than twenty-five recent innovations in the golf industry. With hundreds of full-color photographs, course maps, and drawings, this Second Edition explains the roots of ugliness and sources of beauty in courses, how the landscape communicates, and the connection between golfers and golf courses.