Harry's Triumphant 1900 American Tour. Bob Labbance with Brian Siplo. In 1899, Harry Vardon dominated competitive golf in the UK, winning nearly 75 percent of the matches and tournaments in which he participated, which led to a lucrative endorsement contract with the American-based Spaulding Company and a chance to display his skills against all the top players of the era. Vardon's tour is recreated in this portrait of golf in 1900 America, which includes many fascinating period photographs of both players and venues.
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A favorite topic for discussion among golfers is how cross-generational matches would turn out. Would Tiger beat Jack Nicklaus? How would he fare against Ben Hogan? or Bobbie Jones? After reading The Vardon Invasion by Bob Labbance and Brian Siplo, I'd like to throw Harry Vardon's name into the mix.
The book tells the tale of how Vardon came to America in 1900 and energized the game in this country. He not only won the U.S. Open that year, but played 90 matches against the best amateur and professional golfers from Maine to Florida and west to Colorado. The book recounts many of those matches and is filled with interesting sidebars about his opponents and the courses they played. I found descriptions of the courses themselves fascinating. Instead of the billiard-table greens and manicured fairways we play today, Harry and the boys teed it up on nine-hole tracks where irrigation was unheard of and greens might be "browns" of oiled and rolled sand rather than grass. Vardon, of course, is best known here for his defeat in the 1913 U.S. Open at Brookline by Francis Ouimet. He won the British Open, though, six times--a record that stands to this day. He won 75 of the 90 matches in the 1900 tour covered in this book--most of them played against the best ball of two top amateurs or pros. A record like that would be envied by golfers of any generation. Bob Labbance and Brian Siplo compiled The Vardon Invasion through countless hours of pouring through newspaper accounts and club records. Their work has paid off with a highly readable tribute to the man against whom all future champions should be measured. Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
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I just finished reading the book "The Vardon Invasion: Harry's Trimphant !900 American Tour" and can highly recommend this offering. I really enjoyed the effort the book's author obviously made to track the little known information regarding this piece of American Golf History. There are so many ties between Vardon's trip and our own golfing past that were unknown until now. Anyone interested in golf history and superb writing will love this book and its' value to their golf library. A good solid book from a good solid author.
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From his recent victory in the Open Championship to his arrival on U.S. shores and his journey up, down, back and forth across the country, The Vardon Invasion is a captivating book which depicts the less than stellar conditions of 1900 U.S. golf courses, the infatuation we held and the celebrity status placed upon the Granton Greyhound. Harry Vardon crisscrossed the country breaking scoring records with each round played. He challenged the best ball of two pros as well as joining forces with local amateurs in four ball competitions. His record was phenomenal given the conditions of the courses, the unfamiliar heat and humidity, and the lack of rules applied by his opponents. Anyone with any interest in the birth of American golf and the infectious spread one man's talents had on a nation should read this book. I am looking forward to the tale of his 1913 and 1920 visits.
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