The Sandbelt: Melbourne’s Golfing Heaven (2000) is a big book in every sense. This magnificently produced volume captures the essence of our unique and world-famous Melbourne golf courses, which have influenced the design of many of the prestigious golfing venues elsewhere in Australia and throughout the world.

Whether you are familiar with these courses or not, David Scaletti’s photography will transport you with a vividness of vision which makes you feel as though you are present. Over a three-year period, David shot in excess of a thousand frames, in all types of weather, at the best time of day.

But The Sandbelt: Melbourne’s Golfing Heaven is much more than a display of spectacular photography. Every one of these great courses has a story to tell, and Paul Daley’s text is rich with rare histories, unique insights, and humorous anecdotes.

Some of the biggest names in golf have their say too, with candid essays full of behind-the-scenes insights and opinions of Nick Faldo, Ian Baker-Finch, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Doak, Michael Clayton, Peter Alliss, and the legendary Norman von Nida, who has watched the courses evolve over a lifetime dedicated to golf.