The Course Beautiful. A.W. considered himself to be the Dean of American golf course architects. He wrote extensively on the subject of golf architecture for Golf Illustrated, the American Golfer, the PGA of America and may other leading golf journals. Over 100 of his essays on golf course architecture were compiled in The Course Beautiful. This book has received tremendous critical acclaim, and only a limited number of copies are available for $150 signed and numbered each plus shipping and handling per book. To order call (908-781-6121), fax(908)-326-3320, or mail a check payable to The Tillinghast Association 24 Hadley Court Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. Copies are also available from The Classics of Golf: www.classicsofgolf.com
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Reminiscences Of The Links is a collection of A.W. Tillinghast essays on Scottish and Early American golf. Tillie provides precious first hand accounts of American golf’s early history and linkage to St. Andrews, Scotland. Tillie’s recollections include: the colorful personalities of Old Tom Morris and Andra Kirkaldy; the early American championships, the tragic fall of Willie Anderson, the founding of Modern Golf Course Arhitecture; the development of Pine Valley, Bethpage Black and other great American courses. Tillie’s essays have been brought to life with over 300 antique photographs. The foreward is by Frank Hannigan and introductory remarks are by Ben Crenshaw and Rees Jones. This book is available for $40 each plus $6.00 shipping and handling per book. To order call (908-781-6121), fax(908)-326-3320, or mail a check payable to The Tillinghast Association 24 Hadley Court Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. . Copies are also available from The Classics of Golf:
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Gleanings From the Wayside A.W. Tillinghast ("Tillie") designed and constructed golf courses throughout North America. He did so in a time before interstate highways and air transportation. From the early teens through the late nineteen-thirties, Tillie traveled the continent, primarily by automobile, designing and redesigning golf courses. In this third volume of essays, Gleanings From The Wayside, Tillie recollects many of his travels and humorous tales. He also recalls in detail his design principals and opinions on modern golf course architecture. This book is now available for $50.00 plus 6.00 shipping and handling per book. To order call (908-781-6121), fax(908)-326-3320, or mail a check payable to The Tillinghast Association 24 Hadley Court Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
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The Tillinghast Library
Baltusrol 100 Years.The story of Baltusrol is more than a history of a golf club. It is an integral part of the larger story of the evolution of the greatest game of all. It begins in 1895 when New York socialite Louis Keller and three other enthusiastic gentlemen founded the club. From there, the book is filled with both historic and modern photographs to detail the creation of Baltusrol's golf courses and the many tournaments the graced its fairways. To order call (908-781-6121), fax(908)-326-3320, or mail a check payable to The Tillinghast Association 24 Hadley Court Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
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The History of Sunnehanna Country Club and the Sunnehanna Amateur
An Original Tillighast gem later worked on by William Flynn. Design dawings and golf correspondence are accompanied with 89 years of photographs. The Club was founded during the industrial era and traces its history to 1895. The Sunnehanna Amateur is the nations' first major medal play tournament that changed national amateur competition. More that 50 years are covered in detail with supporting photogrpahs of young contestants such as Arnold Plamer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickleson and Ben Crenshaw to name a few. The books iavvailable from The Classics of Golf, www.classicsofgolf.com.
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A.W. Tillinghast: Creator of Golf Courses The First Biography of A.W. Tillinghast who was a Promethean figure in American golf. Designer of world-class courses such as Winged Foot, Baltusrol and Bethpage Black, “'Tilly” was also a brilliant essayist and influential advocate for the game. Available from The Classics of Golf, www.classicsofgolf.com.
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Golf for the People: Bethpage and the Black: With the 2002 U.S. Open the world of golf discovered Bethpage State Park and Tilly's masterpiece, the Black Course. But for those in the metropolitan New York area it was far more than a hidden gem - it was and is golf's ultimate test. Yet that is but the beginning of the story. This book traces the history of the founding of Bethpage village in the 1680's where it is rumored that the Prince of Wales demonstrated a delightful pastime he had learned of himself just 8 years earlier named golf, to the founder of Bethpage and the colonial governer of New York on a piece of land that the local Indians named "Rim of the Woods." Today this is the 13th fairway of the Black Course. It goes on to tell the story of Robert Moses desire to build a park and golf courses within and how despite the powerful men of that era it almost didn't happen. Yet out of the Great Depression the largest golf course construction project ever conceived and built at one time arose from an idea to holding a national championship in just over three years time. This is the history of Bethpage and the Black
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The Cobble Valley Books
Authored by A.W. Tillinghast
In August of 1915, a reviewer writing in the American Golfer magazine wrote, "We have just finished reading with feigned regret, Mr. A.W. Tillinghast's book "Cobble Valley Golf Yarns"... regret that we have reached the end, the eighteenth hole as it were..."
Tilly's passion for writing and telling a story found a home at the Cobble Valley Golf Club, a mythical place where he delighted his contemporaries with tales of whimsy and mystery. Today these delightful tellings might seem simple, but actually they give an insight into just how much we have changed, grown, and in many ways diminished as people.
Both 1915's, Cobble Valley Golf Yarns, and its 1925 sequel, The Mutt, will allow the reader to see a bit into the mind of the architectural genius of Tilly and more into him as a man, but mostly into the reader himself and the joy he derives from the game of golf.
Available as a set from The Tillinghast Association for $75 plus shipping and handling. For copies email trebus@optonline.net
