{"product_id":"a-difficult-par-james-r-hansen-9781592409396","title":"A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of modern golf's foremost architect from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Trent Jones was the most prolific and influential golf course architect of the twentieth century and became the archetypical modern golf course designer. Jones spread the gospel of golf by designing courses in forty-two US states and twenty-eight countries. Twenty U.S. Opens, America's national championship, have been contested on Jones-designed courses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling biographer James R. Hansen, author of \u003ci\u003eFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e, recounts how an English immigrant boy arrived in upstate New York in 1912, just as golf was emerging as a popular pastime in America. Jones excelled as a golfer, earning admission to Cornell University, whose faculty consented to a curriculum tailored to teach him the knowledge needed to design golf courses. Cornell provided the springboard for an act of self-invention that propelled Jones from obscurity to worldwide fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJones believed that every hole should be \"a difficult par but an easy bogey.\" As gifted as he was at golf design, Jones was equally skilled as a salesman, promoter, and entrepreneur. \u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e's annual rankings of the 100 Greatest Golf Courses have regularly featured about fifty Jones designs, paving the path for his two sons, Robert Jr., and Rees, whose work would carry on their father's tradition. Hansen examines Jones's legacy in all its complexity and influence, including the fraternal rivalry of Jones's distinguished sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James R. Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592409393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592409396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"James R. Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094164852991,"sku":"9781592409396","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f027625c-2a99-456d-ae16-ec6920b6bf92.jpg?v=1724843870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-difficult-par-james-r-hansen-9781592409396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}