A detailed study covering golfing art and memorabilia, patents, designs, the origins of the game and related sports.
Many books have been written on the various aspects of golf, but this is the first that attributes the game's popularity to the introduction of the solid gutta percha gof ball in 1848 and the American rubber-cored ball in 1900.
The book describes, in the light of these dramatic gof ball changes, how the ball and club have evolved, the types of material used, the people who made the clubs and balls, those who have excelled at the game, and the effects the implements had on the development of the swing and on gof-course design. There are well-illustrated chapters on golfing art and golfing memorabilia, as well as shorter chapters on patents, designs and the origins of the game and related games. Included is a directory of golf-club- and ball-makers and golf artists.
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If you stopped one hundred thousand golfers, or even a million, and asked them why they were playing this wonderful game, not one would reply: 'Because of the golf ball.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bramble pattern, gutta ball, bramble ball, ball maker, gutty ball, ball manufacturers, cored ball, feather ball, golf memorabilia, club makers, short spoon, dimple pattern, rubber thread, mesh pattern, rubber core, cover patterns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Golf Illustrated, Tom Morris, United States, Allan Robertson, Harry Vardon, Silver King, Old Tom, Jack Nicklaus, Open Championship, Amateur Championship, New York, Peter Paxton, Robert Forgan, Dunlop Caddie, Coburn Haskell, Jack White, King James, North Berwick, Silvertown Company, Terrestrial Globe, Ben Sayers, Bill Waugh, Callaway Warbird, Goodrich Company, Hugh Philp New!
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If you stopped one hundred thousand golfers, or even a million, and asked them why they were playing this wonderful game, not one would reply: 'Because of the golf ball.' Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bramble pattern, gutta ball, bramble ball, ball maker, gutty ball, ball manufacturers, cored ball, feather ball, golf memorabilia, club makers, short spoon, dimple pattern, rubber thread, mesh pattern, rubber core, cover patterns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Golf Illustrated, Tom Morris, United States, Allan Robertson, Harry Vardon, Silver King, Old Tom, Jack Nicklaus, Open Championship, Amateur Championship, New York, Peter Paxton, Robert Forgan, Dunlop Caddie, Coburn Haskell, Jack White, King James, North Berwick, Silvertown Company, Terrestrial Globe, Ben Sayers, Bill Waugh, Callaway Warbird, Goodrich Company, Hugh Philp New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Early Golf by Steven J.H.Van Hengel on page 141, and Back Matter
- Book Of Hours by Rh Value Publishing on page 141
- Antiques From The Garden by Alistair Morris in Front Matter
- Queen Victoria Pb (Kings & Queens) by Richard Wood in Back Matter
- Arthurian Period Sources Vol 9: St Patrick by A B E Hood in Back Matter
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