About this book
Here is the complete book about golf, as played in the early 1900s. The author was a successful competitive golfer, winning The Open Championship a record six times (four times as of the writing of this book) and the 1900 U.S. Open. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. - Summary by TriciaG
Chapters (24)
1Golf at Home
2Some Reminiscences
3The Way to Golf
4The Choice and Care of Clubs
5Driving -- Preliminaries
6Driving -- The Swing of the Club
7Brassy and Spoon
8Special Strokes with Wooden Clubs
9The Cleek and Driving Mashie
10Play with the Iron
11Approaching with the Mashie
12On Being Bunkered
13Simple Putting
14Complicated Putts
15Some General Hints
16Competition Play
17On Foursomes
18Golf for Ladies
19The Construction of Courses
20Links I Have Played On
21Golf in America
22Concerning Caddies
23Reflections and Recollections
24Appendix: The Rules of Golf
Comments