{"product_id":"fore-gone-minnesotas-lost-golf-courses-1897-1999-paperback","title":"Fore! Gone: Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, 1897-1999 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Wong\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eJoe Bissen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA golf course on a swamp? On a prison grounds? Next to a sewage disposal plant? Yes, yes and yes -- and joined by courses built by millionaires, played by champions and designed by experts. From the crazy to the classy, \"Fore  Gone. Minnesota's Lost Golf Courses, 1897-1999\" revives more than 80 abandoned layouts, many of them long-forgotten. Ever heard of Roadside Golf Club?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost courses in these cities are covered at some length: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBayport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBemidji\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooklyn Park\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrownton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanhassen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChippewa National Forest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChisago City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChisholm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollegeville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbia Heights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoon Rapids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeephaven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuluth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaribault\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGem Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermantown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLakeville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMankato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMendota Heights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinneapolis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorth St. Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlymouth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichfield\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Charles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Cloud\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Louis Park\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSt. Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleepy Eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpicer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring Grove\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStillwater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWabasha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWindom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 opens this way: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They paved paradise in Richfield, Minnesota. Man, did they ever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emphasis on \"paved,\" not so much \"paradise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rich Acres Golf Course never was a threat to win any course-design awards, unless there is some kind of distinction for Top Fifty Fairly Flat Courses You Can Play. But the old Richfield municipal course was sporty, it was easily accessible at Cedar Avenue between I-494 and Minnesota 62 (the Crosstown Highway), it was immensely popular, and before the cement mixers steamed in and turned it into a gigantic airport runway, it had a certain charm to those who frequented it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 10 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45768763539653,"sku":"9780991174805","price":26.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Y2FtRlViOTJrQjlzbnhxRVJiRTlFZz09.webp?v=1770448515","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/fore-gone-minnesotas-lost-golf-courses-1897-1999-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}