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Material Type:Book
Monographic Author(s):Park, William Jr.
Author Affiliation:Champion Golfer, 1887-89
Monograph Title:The Game of Golf, 1896.
Publishing Information:London, England; New York, New York; Bombay, India: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Edition:1st
# of Pages:306
Collation:xii, 22, [1], 23-66, [2], 67-70, [1], 71-74, [1], 75-78, [1], 79-82, [2], 83-84, [1], 85-108, [2], 109-110, [1], 111-114, [3], 115-124, [1], 125-126, [1], 127-277 pp.
Abstract/Contents:Includes: Preface; The Game of Golf (Antiquity of the Game; Description of the Game; Description of Links; Modes of Play; Match Play; 'Singles'; Counting Scores; Foursomes; Three-Ball Matches; Four-Ball Matches; Handicaps; Medal Play; 'Bogie' Competitions; Ties; Inter-Club Matches; Open Golf Championship; Amateur Golf Championship; and Club Tournaments); Golf Clubs and Balls (Golf-Clubs (List of Different Clubs Used; History of the 'Bulger'; Driver; Brassy-Niblick; Putter; Spoons; Cleek; Iron; Mashie; Niblick; Driving-Cleek; Driving-Mashie; Putting-Cleeks and Irons and Metal Putters; Park's Patent Pudding-Cleek; Driving-Putter; Driving Irons; Lofting-Irons; Materials Used in Making Clubs; Park's Patent Compressed Unbreakable Wood Golf-Club; Good Points in Club-Heads and Shafts; Number of Clubs in a Set; Length and Weight of Club; 'Balance' or 'Feel'; Selecting Wooden and Metal Clubs; Extra Clubs; Left-Handed Clubs; and Care of Clubs); and Golf-Balls (Weight; 'Putty' and 'Gutty' Balls; Selecting Golf-Balls; Remaking; Caddie Bags; Coats; Boots and Shoes; and Gloves)); Style of Play (Importance of Good Style; Grip of Club: Good and Bad; Part of Club-Handle to Be Grasped; Position of Ball and Stance; Mr. Laidlay's Position; The Swing; Follow-Through; Waggle; and 'Keep Your Eyes on the Ball'); The Long Game (Length of Drives; Stiff Club Preferable to Supple One; Moral Effect of Good and Bad Drives; Selection of Tee; Play Through the Green; Clubs to Use; Cupped Ball; Jerking; Bad-Lying and Hanging Balls; Slicing and Heeling; Pulling and Hooking; Topping and Sclaffing; Pressing; and Carry and Run in Driving); Approaching (Meaning of Term and Nature of Stroke; Three-Quarter Stroke; Half Shot; Wrist Shot; Means Adopted for Making Ball Fall Dead; Putting on Cut; 'Cutting the Feet from it'; Approaches off the Left Leg; Club for Playing Approaches; Running Up; Lofting; and Taking Turf in Playing Stroke); Putting (Definition; Wooden and Iron Putters; Grip; Position of Ball and Stance; Putting off the Left Leg; Putting for the Hole and Over a Line to the Hole; 'Borrowing'; 'Play for the Back of the Hole'; Down-Hill Putts; and Stymies); Play Out of Hazards (Definition; Play Out of Bunkers, Water, off Roads, Out of Stones, Rushes, etc.; and General Remarks); General Remarks on the Game (Recommendation to Carry Spare Clubs and Balls; Best Ways of Learning Strokes; Advantage of Straight Driving; Effect of Weather, Snow, Sunshine, Rain and Wind; 'Playing With One's Head as Well as One's Hands'; Playing Against a Stronger Opponent; Playing Against an Inferior Opponent; 'Pawky Play'; Advantages of Teeing Well Forward, and Behind Marks; Difficult Strokes; Remove Loose Impediments; Advantage of Having the Honour; Avoiding Hazards; Necessity of Knowing Rules of Game; Opponent to Play With; Foursomes; Three-Ball Matches; Match Play; Scores in Match Play; Medal Play; Necessity for Physical Strength; Training for Matches; Caddies, Good and Bad; and Etiquette of Golf); Competitions and Handicapping (Prize Meetings or Club Competitions; Scratch and Handicap Prizes; Management of Competitions Under Medal Rules; Management of Tournaments; Drawing Byes, etc.; Handicapping, Difficulties of; Methods of Handicapping for Club Meetings, for Medal Competitions, and for Tournaments; Merits of Different Systems; and Handicaps in Private Matches); Laying Out and Keeping Golf-Links (Ground Suitable for Links; Number of Holes; Mode of Laying Out; Crossing; Lengths of Holes; Placing of Teeing-Grounds and Putting-Greens; Forming Putting-Greens; Hazards; Blind Holes; Upkeep of Links; Top-Dressing Putting-Greens; Rolling and Cutting; The Hole; Marking Teeing-Grounds; Repairing Bunkers; Grazing; and Walking Over); and The Laws of Golf (Rules Adopted By the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, With Notes; Table of Length of Holes on St. Andrews Links; Table Showing at What Holes Strokes Are to Be Taken in the Queen Victoria Jubilee Case (Handicap) Tournament of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club; Index to Rules; Rules Suggested, Not in the St. Andrews Code; Rules of the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club; Table of Match-Play Odds; Tables Showing at What Holes Strokes Are to Be Taken; and Points of Difference Between Wimbledon and St. Andrews Rules).
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Subject Headings:
Golf
Language:English
References:0
See Also:See also 2nd edition, 1896, R=238018. R=238018

See also 3rd edition, 1896, R=120813. R=120813

See also 4th edition, 1899, R=254591. R=254591
Note:Includes "Illustrations"; pp. xi-xii
Includes "Glossary of technical terms frequently used in connection with the game of golf"; pp. 260-271
Includes index; pp. 273-277
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Annotation from
Golf Course Design,
by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan:
"An influential chapter on course design was one of the first ever written, and served as a guideline for many who followed. Park was considered to be the doyen of contemporary golf architecture and many of his principles have been the basis for increasingly sophisticated design. In the architecture chapter Park made the legendary statement 'The laying out of a golf course is by no means a simple task'." p. 92
Cornish & Hurdzan Ratings:D3; C1; M1; H3; P2
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Park, William Jr. 1896. The Game of Golf. 1st. ed. xii, 22, [1], 23-66, [2], 67-70, [1], 71-74, [1], 75-78, [1], 79-82, [2], 83-84, [1], 85-108, [2], 109-110, [1], 111-114, [3], 115-124, [1], 125-126, [1], 127-277 pp. London, England; New York, New York; Bombay, India: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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