Jack Hammel has played and photographed over 250 of the greatest and/or most unique golf courses in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA and read over 1,000 books on virtually every golf topic. A retired lawyer, he lives in California's Sonoma Valley in Oakmont Village, where, as a mid-range single-digit handicapper, he regularly plays golf at its two courses, Valley of the Moon and Sugarloaf. Jack and his wife, Kathy, are the proud parents of two children and grandparents of three.