Golf Anecdotes From the Links of Scotland to Tiger Woods

Name: Golf Anecdotes From the Links of Scotland to Tiger Woods
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ISBN: 9780195172652

ISBN-10: 0195172655

ISBN-13: 9780195172652

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Robert Sommers, Arnold Palmer

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Readers can enjoy a sweeping look at this royal and ancient game, in a volume that is both an informal history of the sport as well as a vivid recounting of golf's most striking incidents and personalities. Robert Sommers takes us on a grand tour that stretches from the game's dim origins in the 12th century right up to the modern PGA tour. Indeed, no other anecdote book offers this much historical depth or serves up such fascinating lore. We learn for instance that the firstknown golf match took place in 1504, between James IV of Scotland and the Earl of Bothwell. Sommers likewise paints a colourful portrait of golf in the era of the first professionals - Old Tom Morris, Allan Robertson,…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.99" wide x 5.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



From Royal Bans to Tournament Golf



The Age of the Gutty Ball



From the Robber-Core Ball to the First World War



From Bobby Jones to the Second World War



Byron Nelson to Arnold Palmer



The Age of Nicklaus



Parity and the International Scene



The King Abdicates


Index