Download or read book Game of Privilege written by Lane Demas and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking history of African Americans and golf explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregation, the legal battle to integrate public golf courses, and the little-known history of the United Golfers Association (UGA)--a black golf tour that operated from 1925 to 1975. Lane Demas charts how African Americans nationwide organized social campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate courses; he also provides dramatic stories of golfers who boldly confronted wider segregation more broadly in their local communities. As national civil rights organizations debated golf’s symbolism and whether or not to pursue the game’s integration, black players and caddies took matters into their own hands and helped shape its subculture, while UGA participants forged one of the most durable black sporting organizations in American history as they fought to join the white Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). From George F. Grant’s invention of the golf tee in 1899 to the dominance of superstar Tiger Woods in the 1990s, this revelatory and comprehensive work challenges stereotypes and indeed the fundamental story of race and golf in American culture.
Download or read book Pebble Beach written by Hotelling Neal Dost Joanne and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pebble Beach is the most storied golf venue in the world. Nearly every legendary golfer of the past 100 years has played there. Great champions have been crowned and have lost there; hollywood movies have been filmed there; U.S. presidents and royalty from around the world have visited and played on its legendary fairways. And yet from the beginning, it has been a golf paradise open for everyone to enjoy. Award-winning writer/historian Neal Hotelling brings to life countless tales of past championships as well as the underlying history of the truly spectacular meeting of land and s.
Download or read book The Ultimate Golf Book written by Charles McGrath and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this golfer's ultimate delight, Charles McGrath and David McCormick have compiled a unique combination of golf history and original essays by some of golf's greatest (and best-selling) writers and enthusiasts. Anchoring the book is a colorful, loose-limbed history of the sport by the Sports Illustrated senior writer John Garrity. He travels the globe and the links, covering the key personalities and golfing events, advances in technique and technology, the expanding interest in the sport, and the curious mysteries of this international obsession. Complementing the narrative are wonderfully diverse and entertaining essays on everything from the Age of Tiger to the woes of the lowly club pro, the charms of playing in the dead of winter, and even giving up the game altogether. With its mix of unsurpassed literary writing and superb history, this armchair companion is a must-have for any serious student of the game--truly The Ultimate Golf Book.
Download or read book Golf in America written by George B. Kirsch and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inclusive narrative of golf's history and popularity in the United States
Download or read book St Mulligan and the History of Golf written by Chaz Henry and published by . This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Mulligan and the history of golf is a beautifully written and illustrated tale of how the game of golf came to be. Played by angels for ten thousand years, an errant club found by Mulligan MacTavish leads to the discovery of the heavenly game and to its roots on earth.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Golf written by Bill Mallon and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Dictionary of Golf—through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, photos, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on people, places, teams, and terminology of the game—is a comprehensive history of golf.
Download or read book Stories from Quarantine written by The New York Times and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Previously published as The decameron project."
Download or read book Routing the Golf Course written by Forrest L. Richardson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-07-29 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete with essays and interviews with leading experts, this comprehensive guide presents strategies for creating a golf course routing plan, with coverage of site evaluation, terrain, natural settings, sunlight, wind, finances, psychology, golf strategy and environmental conditions.
Download or read book Born on the Links written by John Williamson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the Links encompasses the entire 600-year history of golf, from the links in Scotland in the fifteenth century up to the present. It not only covers golf’s origins, evolution, and development of the rules, equipment, and playing fields, but also features accounts of its greatest players and historic events.
Download or read book The Rules of the Green written by Kenneth Garnier Chapman and published by Virgin Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the way that the game of golf has developed from its origins as a simple diversion for soldiers and common folk, to its present status as an international professional sport. The first list of 13 articles constituting the official rules of golf was produced by a group of Scottish gentlemen in 1774. Since then the rules have seen many changes, although the game is still largely based on the same 13 articles. In this book the author examines how these changes came about and takes the reader step-by-step through the history and rules of the game.
Download or read book St Andrews written by Scott Macpherson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes written by Tony Dear and published by Firefly Books. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest golf book from Dear (Every Golf Question You Ever Wanted Answered) meets the formidable challenge of trying to tell the 600-year history of golf.... a Masters-level celebration of the game. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) The people and events that shaped golf's 600-year history. The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes explores the 600-year history of the game of honor. It reveals the excitement and despair, the challenges overcome and the sweet victories, the sportsmanship and the stars bursting onto the scene. It also describes the developments in course design, like the first manmade water hazard, and the first central fairways bunkers. In 50 chapters, the book describes the holes, their contribution to golf course architecture, their importance to the careers of specific players, and their place in the overall story of golf. The book also features: Design and Layout illustrations of the 50 holes The year, course, location and map, distance and par for each hole Color and archival photographs of the players and tournament events Sidebars with additional stories of interest. The 50 stories cover the globe and generations of players, including: 5th North Berwick, the original Redan hole 18th Glen Abbey, where Tiger Woods had what many call the greatest shot ever hit 12th Atlantic Country Club, where the term birdie was first used 18th Royal Birkdale, home to the concession. For golfers and fans alike, The Story of Golf in Fifty Holes is an exciting treat they will return to again and again.
Download or read book 500 Years of Golf Balls written by John F. Hotchkiss and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1997 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of the golf ball from the fifteenth century to the present with current markeplace values for collectible golf balls.
Download or read book Hundred Years of Golf written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of a series of 5 books covering Cricket, Football, Golf, Rugby and Motorsport, each containing around 300 photographs from PA Photos huge archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. Hand-picked by PA Photos own archivists, most of these images have lain unseen since they were used as news pictures when they were first taken. Each image has been scanned especially for these books, many from glass plates, ensuring the best possible quality of reproduction. Fans of these sports will find these books an essential and compelling addition to their shelves - a chance to see the people, and witness the great moments, of the last hundred years of their sport in Britain. The general reader will be equally fascinated by the unique insight into our recent history that these pictures provide: to modern eyes, the crowds and backgrounds are as interesting as the subjects themselves.
Download or read book The Story of Golf written by George Peper and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated history brings to life the full, rich history of the game of golf, from its earliest forms in medieval Europe to the development of a modern, televised play. 250 full-color photos.
Download or read book Pinehurst written by Audrey Moriarty and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air fragrant with the pungent scent of pine straw and freshly mown grass. Stately architecture from days gone by. A gently rolling terrain that inspires golfing dreams. Echoes of Richard Tufts, Donald Ross, and Payne Stewart. This is Pinehurst! Almost 100 years ago, when Americans began taking to the road in ever-growing numbers in search of spectacular vacation destinations, Pinehurst, like no other place, made golf the most rapidly growing pastime of the day. With many never-before-published photographs from Tufts Achives, Pinehurst: Golf, History & the Good Life celebrates the community's place in golf's Golden Age.
