Jim D Dodson

James Dods (author)

James Dodson (born 1953) is an American writer. Dodson wrote a regular column in Golf Magazine for almost 20 years. He writes on golf, among other subjects.

The Ultimate Round: Pebble Beach Golf Links, An Illustrated Guide to America's Majestic Dream Course

This beautiful and instructive volume is a never-before offered compendium on Pebble Beach Golf Links. The hardbound classic offers up-to-date, hole-by-hole graphics rendered by yardage-guide publisher Best Approach and each golf hole description is accompanied by historical anecdotes, playing tips ...

What Makes Us Southern

15 chapters on "What Makes Us Southern". 15 enduring symbols of the South, which reveal much about our character, which encourage us to slow our stride. Chapters include: Southern Hospitality, Tomato Sandwich, Red Clay, Clotheslines, Barbecue, Longleaf Pine, Sweet Tea, Front Porches, Banjo, Carolina...

Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime

James Dodson always felt closest to his father while they were on the links. So it seemed only appropriate when his father learned he had two months to live that they would set off on the golf journey of their dreams to play the most famous courses in the world.Final Rounds takes us to the historic ...

The Spirit of Pinehurst: With Essays

The original vision for Pinehurst included tennis and bridge and horseback riding--but no golf. There was hardly a reason for Pinehurst to even exist--there was no mountain or ocean or river or city or industry. Nonetheless, the infant resort sprouted wings in the early 1900s as one of the preeminen...

The Dewsweepers

In The Dewsweepers, New York Times bestselling author James Dodson tells the story of an eclectic, eccentric group of men: the "Dewsweepers." The first players off the tee every weekend morning, they literally sweep the dew from the course. Adopted by the Dewsweepers, Dodson joins them in their earl...

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf (Vintage)

With compelling detail and pure passion, James Dodson recounts the singular brilliance of three golf titans and how they saved the professional tour and created the game as we know it today.During the Depression golf was in crisis. As a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the...

'FINAL ROUNDS: A FATHER, A SON, THE GOLF JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME'

A Golfer's Life

There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. To the legions of golf fans around the world, Palmer is a charismatic hero, the winner of sixty-one tournaments on the PGA Tour and still going strong on the Senior PGA Tour. But behind the legend, there is the private Palmer--a man of wit, compa...

Kids' Little Instruction Book