Fifty Years of Golf

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Author

Hutchinson, Horace G. (Horace Gordon), 1859-1932

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Produced by Jane Hyland, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Golf

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Text

eBook-No.

37394

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37394

Release Date

September 12, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF
2. 2.FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF — HORACE G. HUTCHINSON
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.POSTSCRIPT TO PREFACE — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF
8. 8.CHAPTER I — THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS
9. 9.CHAPTER II — HOW GOLF IN ENGLAND GREW — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER III — OF YOUNG TOMMY MORRIS AND OTHER GREAT MEN
11. 11.CHAPTER IV — THE SPREAD OF GOLFING IN ENGLAND — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER V — THE WEAPONS OF GOLF IN THE SEVENTIES
13. 13.CHAPTER VI — HOW MEN OF WESTWARD HO! WENT ADVENTURING IN THE NORTH
14. 14.CHAPTER VII — GOLF AT OXFORD
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII — THE START OF THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE GOLF MATCHES
16. 16.CHAPTER IX — GOLFING PILGRIMAGES
17. 17.CHAPTER X — WESTWARD HO! HOYLAKE AND ST. ANDREWS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES
18. 18.CHAPTER XI — FIRST DAYS AT ST. ANDREWS
19. 19.CHAPTER XII — THE BEGINNINGS OF THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII — ON GOLF BOOKS AND GOLF BALLS
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV — THE FIRST AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
22. 22.CHAPTER XV — MR. ARTHUR BALFOUR AND HIS INFLUENCE IN GOLF
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI — THE SECOND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII — THE FIRST GOLF IN AMERICA
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII — HOW I LOST THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND PLAYED THE MOST WONDERFUL SHOT IN THE WORLD
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX — JOHNNY BALL AND JOHNNY LAIDLAY
27. 27.CHAPTER XX — A CHAPTER OF ODDS AND ENDS — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI — A MORE LIBERAL POLICY AT ST. ANDREWS — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII — THE FIRST AMATEUR WIN OF THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII — GOLF ON THE CONTINENT AND IN THE CHANNEL ISLANDS — FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV — ABOUT HAROLD HILTON, FREDDY TAIT AND OTHERS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE THREE GREAT MEN
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI — THE REVOLT OF THE AMAZONS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII — THE MAKING OF INLAND COURSES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII — VARIOUS CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE WANDERING SOCIETIES
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX — THE COMIC COMING OF THE HASKELL BALL
37. 37.CHAPTER XXX — AN HISTORIC MATCH AND AN HISTORIC TYPE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXI — THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH — FOOTNOTES:
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXII — HOW MR. JUSTICE BUCKLEY KEPT HIS EYE ON THE HASKELL BALL
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1903
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIV — TRAVIS'S YEAR — FOOTNOTES:
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXV — HOW GOLF HAS GRIPPED AMERICA
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVI — THE END OF THE ROUND — A
44. 44.CATALOGUE OF BOOKS — OFFICES OF "COUNTRY LIFE" — The "Country Life" Library
45. 45.WINDSOR CASTLE — AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
46. 46.GARDEN ORNAMENT — By GERTRUDE JEKYLL.
47. 47.IN ENGLISH HOMES — ENGLISH HOMES OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE — EDITED BY H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A.
48. 48.GARDENS OLD AND NEW — EDITED BY H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A. — Volumes I, II and III
49. 49.TWENTY-FIVE GREAT HOUSES OF FRANCE — By SIR THEODORE ANDREA COOK, M.A., F.S.A. — SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES: — THEIR REPAIR AND ENLARGEMENT — By LAWRENCE WEAVER.
50. 50.HOUSES AND GARDENS — BY E.L. LUTYENS
51. 51.GRINLING GIBBONS — and the Woodwork of his Age 1648-1720 — By H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A. — THE STORY OF THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. — THE STORY OF THE ROYAL SCOTS. By LAWRENCE WEAVER, F.S.A. — THE STORY OF THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. By H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A. — THE STORY OF THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT). By T.R. THRELFALL. — THE STORY OF THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. — THE O.T.C. AND THE GREAT WAR. By ALAN R. HAIG-BROWN. — THE FIGHTING TERRITORIALS. By PERCY HURD. — THE LANCASHIRE TERRITORIALS. By GEORGE BIGWOOD. — MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS OLD AND NEW:
52. 52.OUR COMMON SEA-BIRDS — CORMORANTS, TERNS, GULLS, SKUAS, PETRELS, AND AUKS — By PERCY R. LOWE, B.A., M.B., B.C.
53. 53.THE PEREGRINE FALCON AT THE EYRIE — By FRANCIS HEATHERLEY, F.R.C.S. — Pastime with Good Company — Fishing — Animal Life by the Sea-Shore — The Horse and the War — The Increased Productivity Series — PAYNTER'S SYSTEM OF POULTRY REARING; or £500 a Year from Hens — THE FLEMISH SYSTEM OF POULTRY REARING — OUR FOOD SUPPLY; Perils and Remedies — THE MANUAL OF MANURES — RECLAIMING THE WASTE; Britain's Most Urgent Problem — PROFITABLE HERB GROWING AND COLLECTING — FIRST ADVICE TO WOULD-BE FARMERS. — FARM RECORDS AND THE PRODUCTION OF CLEAN MILK AT MOUNDSMERE — ECONOMIES IN DAIRY FARMING — MY WOOD FIRES AND THEIR STORY — RABBITS FOR FUR AND FLESH — RUNNER DUCKS — THE "COUNTRY LIFE" ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE — POEMS — THE LITTLE BOOK OF QUIET — SONGS OF A DAY — MORE SONGS OF ANGUS — GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS — WALL AND WATER GARDENS — CHILDREN AND GARDENS — TREES AND SHRUBS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS — MY GARDEN — ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS — THE DISEASES OF TREES — SEASIDE PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS — THE BOOK OF BRITISH FERNS — THE HARDY FLOWER BOOK — GARDENING MADE EASY — ROSE GROWING MADE EASY — FRUIT GROWING FOR BEGINNERS — CAUSERIES ON ENGLISH PEWTER — THE FIRST AND CHIEF GROUNDES OF ARCHITECTURE — PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS — FRENCH HOUSEHOLD COOKING — VEGETABLE GROWING — RABBIT-KEEPING — GOAT-KEEPING — PIG-KEEPING — BEE-KEEPING — POULTRY-KEEPING — STORING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS — HOME-MADE PICKLES AND PRESERVES — FRUIT BOTTLING AND PRESERVING — PRACTICAL CAVY KEEPING — LAWN TENNIS HINTS

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