The Complete Golfer - Hardcover

The classics of golf edition of The complete golfer [The clicking of Cuthbert;Mr. Frisbie ;The sweet shot;The links of Leith; Golf is a nice friendly game;The Ooley-cow;Some of the humor of golf;Hints to golfers of riper years;The birth of the Linksland Courses;How to go about buying a putter;Across the street from the County Club;Caddying at Edgewater;Mr. Dooley on golf;On Diegeling;Two niblicks;The Hong Kong Golf Club;Golfmanship;The Golfomaniac;Walter Hagen--my hero, my rival ;Hagen at Hoylake;Guldahl wins the Masters;Walker Cup matches;Golf fashions, not fundamentals, change;The controlled Golf swing;From St. Andrews to the modern American courses;Playing the irons;The grip holds your swing together

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. xx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. ; Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1954 ; OCLC: 34219087 ; LC: GV965 ; green and beige cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Bob Jones was an Atlanta lawyer who also happened to become one of the best golfers who ever lived. His ultimate achievement came in 1930, when he became first and only golfer to win the Grand Slam. He promptly retired from competitive golf, returned to his law practice and founded Augusta National Golf Club-the site of the annual Masters Tournament ; Contents: Short stories -- The clicking of Cuthbert / P G Wodehouse -- Mr. Frisbie / Ring Lardner -- The sweet shot / E. C. Bentley -- The Ooley-cow / Charles E. Van Loan -- Golf is a nice friendly game / Paul Gallico -- Cartoons -- The spirit of the game -- reminiscence, comment, history and humor -- The links of Leith / Tobias Smollett -- The birth of the Linksland Courses / Sir Guy Campbell -- Some of the humor of golf / A. J. Balfour -- Hints to golfers of riper years / Horace C. Hutchinson -- How to go about buying a putter / John L. Low -- The old apple tree gang / H. B. Martin -- Across the street from the County Club / Francis Ouimet -- Golf in four acts / George Ade -- Caddying at Edgewater / Chick Evans -- Mr. Dooley on golf / Finley Peter Dunne -- Merion--First visit / Robert T. Jones, O. B. Keeler -- How I kept my wait down / Walter Hagen -- On Diegeling / Bernard Darwin -- The prospect for 1930 / Grnatland Rice -- Two niblicks / Bernard Darwin -- The fabulous Commodore Hear / Grantland RIce -- Golfers with a past / Noel F. Busch -- The Dr. Livingstone of gold / Harry Robert -- Francis drives himself in / S. L. McKinlay -- The Hong Kong Golf Club / Christopher Rand -- Watching my wife / John L. Hulteng -- Le Bing et le golf / Art Buchwald -- The Golfomaniac / Stephen leacock -- Golfmanship / Stephen Potter -- Great players, historic moments -- The triumvirate /Bernard Darwin -- The first United States amateur championship -- How I won the British amateur championship / Walter J. Travis -- 1913, the United States open championship / Henry Leach -- Walter Hagen--my hero, my rival / Gene Sarazen -- Hagen at Hoylake / Bernard Darwin -- 28 holes in 100 strokes / Gene Sarazen -- Little, at Prestwick and St. Anne's / Peter Lawless -- Failure of a mission / Henry Longhurst -- Guldahl wins the Masters / William D Richardson -- Nelson at his peak / Arthur Mann -- The affluent hillbilly / Bob Harlow -- Pinehurst and a Ryder Cup match / Henry Longhurst -- Perfection at Oakmount / Philip W Wrenn -- The greatest year of my life / Ben Hogan, Gene Gregston -- Walker Cup matches--the full parade / John P. English -- The Babe comes back / Al Laney -- The Masters' voices -- Their views on theory, technique, learning and playing -- The importance of style / Willie Park -- Styles and methods, then and now / Henry Cotton -- The grip holds your swing together / Tommy Armour -- How Hogan picks his clubs / Jimmy Demaret -- The woods / Sam Snead -- Playing the irons / Robert T. Jones, and G. B. Keeler -- Putting / Bobby Locke -- It takes brains to play golf / Gene Sarazen -- Discoveries that helped my golf game most / Byron Nelson -- Golf fashions, not fundamentals, change / Horton Smith -- Tournement golf / Robert Jones -- The controlled Golf swing / Percy Boomer -- Golf's greatest teacher / Herb Graffin -- Golf course architecture -- From St. Andrews to the modern American courses / Robert Trent Jones ; ownership stamp, a few scuffs, else VG. Book. Artikel-Nr. 007299

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