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Because of its island status, the British shoreline enjoys more traditional coastal golf courses than anywhere in world. Brutal yet blissful, fearsome yet fulfilling, exasperating yet euphoric, unlike so many modern, manicured fairways, these links courses have employed nature as their architect and come complete with bumps and hollows, heathers, gorse, and lightning-fast greens. When Stephen Cartmell set himself the challenge of finding and testing18 of the most outstanding links courses in Britain, he decided that they had to meet a number of important criteriathe most significant of which...

Writer and psychologist Stephen Cartmell set off to explore Britain using the cultural melting pot of the UK's 60 racecourses as his staging posts. During his travels, the author observed the peculiarities of the British and developed a satirical critique of one of the country's favorite pastimes. With his acute eye for observation, an appreciation of the ridiculous, and the ability to find humor even in the face of petty officialdom, this acclaimed book is not simply a travelogue of racing but a key to understanding Britain and its curiously comical inhabitants.