Wide Open Fairways

Bradley S. Klein is architecture editor of Golfweek magazine and runs its national golf course rating system. He is a former PGA Tour caddie and has been inducted into the International Caddie Hall of Fame. He lectures widely to professional trade groups throughout the United States and overseas on topics of golf design, the golf development industry, and golf course operations and maintenance. Klein is the author of the definitive Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses and most recently Rough Meditations: From Tour Caddie to Golf Course Critic, An Insider's Look at the Game. He was named 2015 Donald Ross Award winner by the American Society of Golf Course Architects.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Getting Started1. A Sense of Place: Knowing Where You Are2. Nebraska: Golf in Willa Cather Country3. New Mexico: The Road to Los Alamos4. North Dakota: Why Not Minot?5. Oregon: Bandon Charette6. The Bronx: Two Master Builders7. Connecticut: Home at LastPostscript: A Restorationist ManifestoAcknowledgmentsFor Further Reading

"Bradley Klein takes us on a voyage across North America with his educative eye . . . descriptively and movingly. Of course I enjoy his words about the many golf courses, but this book also says much about the land that our country was blessed with—and how it was treated."—Ben Crenshaw, professional golfer, member of World Golf Hall of Fame, golf course architect "Bradley Klein's book is a magical combination of memoir, history, science (natural and social), and, of course, golf. It's illuminating both for golfers and for anyone who cares about the planet where it's played."—Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Nine and The Oath"A must read for anyone interested in American golf course architecture and golf courses."-Extra Golf