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Craig Morrison Author

David Cannon, the world's finest golf photographer, took the beautiful images in GOLFLAND. He has spent a lifetime capturing the world's best golf courses, as well as the most famous players and most important moments in professional golf, including Seve's 1984 celebrations on the 18th green at St Andrews and Jack's charge at Augusta two years later. He's photographed 17 Ryder Cups, 16 Solheim Cups, 38 Opens and 37 Masters. He is a legend in the world of golf photography. A very good amateur golfer in his day, David played alongside Seve in a pro-am in 1976 and alongside Faldo, Lyle, and others in major amateur events before he put down the clubs and picked up the camera. "I was just better at capturing great moments on the course than I was at creating them," he says. "It was easier for me to make deadlines than to make cuts." Michael Atkinson has contributed to golfing titles in the UK and USA, including National Club Golfer, Bunkered Magazine and Links Magazine. His love affair with golf began with his first club membership, Boat of Garten Golf Club, its thrilling course set against the Cairngorm mountains. These days he is also a member of Edinburgh's Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society and Gullane Golf Club in East Lothian, although if the number of golf club memberships is reflective of an increasingly low handicap, he bucks the trend. Craig Morrison's previous publications include 18 Greatest Scottish Golf Holes ("instantly collectible" Forbes Magazine); 18 Greatest Irish Golf Holes ("the most beautiful golf book in the world" New York Magazine); and The Meaning of Golf ("funny, observant and insightful, a tremendous job" Golf Monthly Magazine). He has contributed golf stories to media outlets including Golf Magazine, The Times (London) and The New York Times.