There are five hundred thousand golf holes in the world, Here are the five hundred most beautiful, difficult, exotic, thrilling, and notorious: The best golf holes from forty different countries and territories, including the United States, Canada, South America, Great Britain, Ireland, Continental Europe, Africa, Australia, and Japan The fairways and greens, bunkers and hazards, that have thwarted Tiger Woods and David Duval, Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino, Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones--and those they have conquered Anecdote and history, strategy and geography, illustrated with more than eight hundred full-color photographs and breathtaking hand-painted topographic renderings