Download or read book Present Day Golf Classic Reprint written by George Duncan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Present-Day Golf The difference in method as regards the disposition of weight at the top of the swing comes to this, that Braid being heavy on the left foot at the top of the swing hits the ball down, whereas Ray and Mitchell, having less pressure on the left at the top, hit it up. For this reason Braid will outdrive Ray against a wind, and vice versa. One Often sees in front Of the spot where Braid's ball lay the roots of the grass laid bare by his club, but you will never see this done by Ray. Unfortunately for him Ray cannot success fully apply this extra pressure on the left that he wants when he is battling against a wind, nor can Braid get any lighter on the left when he wants to get height. This is really the ideal to be aimed at heavy on the left when you want to keep or hit the ball down, and light on the left when you wish to get height. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Modern Golf Classic Reprint written by Harold H. Hilton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Golf His success was in every way due to a deter mination to conquer the game, allied with the faculty of being able to spend hour after hour in solitary practice. One would see him out early in the morning and late at night, with two or three clubs and numberless balls, play ing the same class of shot for hours on end. It had the appearance of being a dull, monoto nous species of amusement, but he apparently enjoyed it, as he never seemed to tire of the task, and in the end his assiduity met with its due reward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book How to Play Golf Classic Reprint written by Harry Vardon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Play Golf Peculiarly its own, and in no respect is its distinctiveness more marked than in the circumstance that it allows its devotees practically a free hand in the choice of the implements, the ball, and the extent and general characteristics of the playing ground. Golf, then, is apt to alter considerably as the seasons come and go. It is a game in which the senti ment of liberty holds sway. In point of fact, it has changed a great deal during recent years, and for that reason I offer no apology for. Appearing a second time as the author of a book of instruction on a subject which I have made my life-study. My first was The Complete Golfer, which is still popular. The present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book How to Learn Golf Classic Reprint written by P. A. Vaile and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Learn Golf I 'did not learn-golf that, way. Very few people ever did, but it is the proper. Many of the best players were formerly caddies who acquired their familiarity with, and confidence in, the golf ball by. Chipping it about while waiting to go out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book GOLF CLASSIC REPRINT written by WILLIAM GARROTT. BROWN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A B C of Golf Classic Reprint written by John Duncan Dunn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A-B-C of Golf Cure-all is sent to join its predecessors in the discard. In golf, as in medicine, quacks and nostrums flourish monstrously well, and there is never any end to the procession of willing victims; the canny professional may fool the duffer all the time if he chooses to do so. Let us begin then by putting aside all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Game of Golf Classic Reprint written by William Park and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Game of Golf I hope that lady golfers will not feel disappointed because they are not specially referred to. There is but one game of golf, and what has been written is applicable to all who play it. Proof is not wanting that there are lady players inferior to none save a few of the cracks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The New Golf Classic Reprint written by P. A. Vaile and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Golf So, it has been necessary for me to use the work of the famous men, who have gone before me in the history of golf, in building up The New Golf and the secure foundation for The New Thought in golf, which is of infinitely greater importance. Knowing golf thoroughly and thinking it keenly cannot make the game less interesting or beneficial, and that I am sure will be proved by a careful study of The New Golf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Golf The Impossible Collection written by George Peper and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this most recent addition to Assouline’s highly covetable and lauded Ultimate Collection, George Peper, former editor in chief of Golf magazine and 2016 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Journalism, takes readers on an incomparable golf journey as he travels the world detailing the 100 most significant, historically noteworthy, and architecturally paramount courses. Describing intricate holes that have confounded the game’s best, revisiting tournaments that have made and broken champions, and elucidating the unique and truly special characteristics of each course makes Peper the perfect golf partner as he walks readers through the clubhouses, fairways, and bunkers. From greens as old and hallowed as St Andrews to courses celebrating their first anniversary such as Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cliffs, from the island mountain course of China’s Shanqin Bay to the Hamptons’ Maidstone Club, Golf: The Impossible Collection is an unequivocal sensory treat for the golf fanatic, or the perfect feast to feed the wanderlust simmering in all of us.
Download or read book Inspired Golf Classic Reprint written by Richard Baxter Townshend and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Inspired Golf There is no mystery about the thing, no faking, no doping, no magic. It is no mechanical trick of a fancy club fitted with a concealed Spring, or of a new ball filled with something more elastic than rubber. The secret is in you, in yourself. Here; inside your chest, you have lungs; fill them, and strike with them filled. There you have it! You cannot believe in so simple a remedy? Try it. Of course inspiration does not supersede all the knowledge, the painfully hard-won knowledge, of golf which you already possess. For the most part the old maxims that you have so often repeated to yourself were true before, and they remain as true as ever still. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The New Book on Golf Classic Reprint written by Horace G. Hutchinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The New Book on Golf There is no need of foreword from me to appraise the team that has done the work Of this book. The names tell their good tale. All I want to say is a word about the manner in which the work was done. Mr. Croome, as a professional instructor of youth, was allowed a free hand to tell people how to'learn, how to use the teachers' lessons, but all the other writers were first given Mr. Darwin's ms. For their study and their text on which to say their own say as a commentary, yet without prohibiting them all liberty to give their private views expression. In this way I hope and think this book has acquired a unity which has not belonged to other golf books composed by a team of writers. That is the special. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Practical Golf Classic Reprint written by Walter J. Travis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Golf The main object in the game of golf is to get the ball into the hole in the fewest possible number of strokes. I do not, therefore, pur pose entering into any account of the history of the game, but will Simply, in a practical way, confine myself to an endeavor to assist the player who has passed the rudimentary stage by describing in detail, as concisely as possible, not only the several ways of mak ing the various strokes, but also the more common causes of failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The World of Golf Classic Reprint written by Garden Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The World of Golf About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Success at Golf Classic Reprint written by Harry Vardon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Success at Golf Vion his game; when lo! The very next day his play is woefully bad and he comes to think of himself as irremediably erratic, whereupon he loses that confidence in his own abilities which spells success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Mystery of Golf Classic Reprint written by Theodore Arnold Haultain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mystery of Golf Golf is a peculiar game a very peculiar game. To the onlooker, no doubt, it seems to be one of the silliest and stupidest of games. To the player, golf seems to contain within itself the quintessential attribute of all games; so much so, indeed, that the golfer thinks that he who would or could wholly explain the inner and hidden nature of golf would explain the inner and hidden nature of all games. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Fifty Years of Golf Classic Reprint written by Horace G. Hutchinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Years of Golf is a memoir written by Horace G. Hutchinson, a successful amateur golfer and one of the first great instructors of the game. It provides the unique opportunity to hear about the history and development of the game from someone with first hand experience of many of the most important events. The book opens with a preface in which the author outlines his qualifications for writing a history of the sport. From there, the book begins its history of golf, with Hutchinson using personal accounts to illuminate stories about the game's growth in popularity. The book is structured into chapters, each of which discusses a different theme or event of significance. There are chapters on the sport's early days in England, the first amateur championship, the growth of the sport throughout Great Britain, the spread of the game to America, and the construction of magnificent golf courses, amongst other topics. The book contains a good deal of illustrations, most of which are images of some of the sport's early pioneers. Horace G. Hutchinson was a gifted writer as well as a golfer. His stories are both amusing and informative, and he seemed to have an innate ability to find himself in situations of historical significance to the development of the sport. Hutchinson sprinkles humour throughout his writing, and keeps the reader entertained for the duration of the briskly paced 250 pages. Fifty Years of Golf will appeal to anybody interested in the early years of the sport. Hutchinson's book is informative, amusing, and well written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Our Lady of the Green written by Mrs. Louie Mackern and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our Lady of the Green: A Book of Ladies Golf In conclusion, they hope that the difficulties which have been encountered in compiling this volume will be taken as an excuse for any deficiencies which may be noticed, and they trust that their want of literary skill may receive favourable consideration from the fact that their sole endeavour has been to promote esprit do corps and a genuine love of the game among the golfing members of their sex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
