Golf: A History of an Obsession

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Year: 1987
Pages: 160
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 888303211

Product Code: 788161946

Description

David Stirk (au). Celebrates the remarkable history of golf as it developed into the internationally popular sport we know today. It traces the evolution of golf & its growth in popularity up to the modern tournament scene. Explains the development of clubs & balls; discusses how the rules of golf emerged; & describes the first golf clubs & golf courses, the great players & the changing fashions of the game. Gives particular emphasis to the many artifacts produced to cater to the golfer’s insatiable appetite for the game, following its enormous surge in popularity in the late 19th century. Illustrated with paintings, posters, photos & images of the world of golf.

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