Research Catalog

Title

Golf; its history, people & events. With special section by Robert Trent Jones.

Author

Grimsley, Will.

Publication

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1966]

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Details

Description

xiv, 331 p. illus., fold, col. plans, ports. (part col.); 29 cm.

Subject

Golf > History

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The mysterious birth. -- Commoners and kings. -- Evolution of the ball. -- Evolution of the clubs. -- The early Scots: they rocked the cradle. -- The bug bites America. -- The Vardon influence. -- Willie Anderson; man of mystery: the first four-time winner. -- Francis Ouimet; drama at Brookline. -- The fabulous Haig. -- Gene Sarazen: the bridge linking four eras. -- Bob Jones: the immortal grand slammer. -- Golf's new age of steel. -- Sam Snead: the jinx king. -- The miraculous Hogan. -- The affluent trailer kids. -- Arnold Palmer, the charger. -- Jack Nicklaus: "the golden bear" -- The women: the Babe was queen. -- New faces of the sixties. -- The U.S. Open: golf's most prestigious tournament. -- The British Open: "grandpappy" of championships, and other foreign events. -- The Masters. -- The U.S. Amateur: rocked in the cradle of controversy. -- The PGA Championship; from match play to medal. -- The Public Links Championship: week-enders have their heyday. -- Women's Amateur: from petticoats to Bermudas. -- The U.S. Women's Open Championship started on a shoestring. -- From tykes to old-timers. -- The Ryder Cup. -- The Walker Cup. -- The Curtis Cup: the Women's International Series. -- The Americas Cup. -- The Canada Cup. -- World Amateur Team Championship: the Eisenhower Trophy.
• Ten great courses. -- Old Course at St. Andrews. -- Pine Valley. -- Merion Golf Club. -- Dorado. -- Pinehurst. -- Pebble Beach. -- Augusta National. -- Oakland Hills. -- Firestone. -- Bellerive. -- Other great courses. -- Ten shots that rocked the world. -- The ever-changing principles of play. -- The U.S. Golf Association: zealous guardian of the "spirit of the game" -- The Professional Golfers Association. -- The Ladies' Professional Golfers Association. -- The tour: from hamburgers to Cadillacs. -- The golf boom: where do we go from here. -- Appendix.

LCCN

^^^66012565^

OCLC

• 492273
• SCSB-11254593

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library