Publisher's Synopsis
From his earliest childhood games of playing golf to his captaincy in the 1922 English Walker Cup team, Bernard Darwin writes about his memories of the game of golf. This book includes a section on the golfers he knew and a history of the game's evolution from its spartan beginnings to the world popularity it enjoys today. Famous golfers featured in this book include F.G.Tait, John Ball, Horace Hutchinson, James Braid and Bobby Jones. This is the third in a series of Batsford books on golf and should appeal to golf enthusiasts, collectors of golf memorabilia and the general reader interested in golf. Bernard Darwin was the golf reporter for "The Times" for 46 years.
