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Complete Golfer

Here is the complete book about golf, as played in the early 1900s. The author was a successful competitive golfer, winning The Open Championship a record six times (four times as of the writing of this book) and the 1900 U.S. Open. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. - Summary by TriciaG (9 hr 7 min)

Chapters

Preface

3:48

Golf at Home

21:44

Some Reminiscences

31:29

The Way to Golf

23:55

The Choice and Care of Clubs

27:08

Driving -- Preliminaries

22:18

Driving -- The Swing of the Club

26:07

Brassy and Spoon

11:04

Special Strokes with Wooden Clubs

27:16

The Cleek and Driving Mashie

24:32

Play with the Iron

10:27

Approaching with the Mashie

24:02

On Being Bunkered

23:17

Simple Putting

23:15

Complicated Putts

17:36

Some General Hints

28:32

Competition Play

20:51

On Foursomes

17:24

Golf for Ladies

14:23

The Construction of Courses

23:52

Links I Have Played On

24:10

Golf in America

26:25

Concerning Caddies

25:59

Reflections and Recollections

18:44

Appendix: The Rules of Golf

28:42