Introduction | p. ix |
On Himself | |
On Being a Darwin | p. 5 |
My Earliest Golfing Days | p. 15 |
My First Open | p. 19 |
A Second Visit to America | p. 23 |
Confessions of a Practicer | p. 33 |
A Golf Writer's Revenge | p. 37 |
The Spirit of the Game | |
Golfing Reveries | p. 43 |
The Sounds of Golf | p. 47 |
The Humor of It | p. 51 |
The People in Front | p. 55 |
On Being Dormy | p. 59 |
Down Memory Lane | p. 63 |
Golf as a Soporific | p. 67 |
Lovelock's Mile | p. 71 |
Crime or Folly | p. 75 |
Bad Useful Golf | p. 79 |
Absit Omen | p. 83 |
Silence Is Golden | p. 87 |
The Golfer and the Crossword | p. 91 |
The Golfer's Cigarette | p. 95 |
A Fresh Start | p. 99 |
The Black Flag | p. 103 |
Mixed Foursomes | p. 107 |
The Dissembling Golfer | p. 111 |
The Pampered Golfer | p. 115 |
Providence and Politeness | p. 119 |
Card and Pencil Golf | p. 125 |
Faults, Fixes, and the Tools of the Trade | |
"A Little Too Much Massy" | p. 131 |
Go to the Best Doctor | p. 135 |
A Musical Cure | p. 139 |
To Underclub or Overclub | p. 143 |
The Terrible Choice | p. 147 |
The Knot in the Handkerchief | p. 151 |
Cures and Cathedrals | p. 155 |
Nine Inches | p. 159 |
The Rebirth of a Golfer | p. 163 |
Aces of Clubs | p. 167 |
Black or Silver | p. 171 |
Alien Clubs | p. 177 |
The Ball That Cannot Be Sliced | p. 183 |
The Winds of Heaven | p. 187 |
The Ladies | p. 191 |
The Players, Ridiculous and Sublime | |
The Happy Golfer | p. 197 |
Portrait of a High-Handicap Golfer | p. 201 |
Francis | p. 207 |
The Man from Titusville | p. 211 |
Ghastly, Horrible, but True | p. 217 |
The Immortal Bobby | p. 223 |
The Small Colossus: Hogan at Carnoustie | p. 239 |
Hydes and Jekylls | p. 243 |
A Golfer's Almanac | |
New Year's Eve Cheer | p. 249 |
Stripping For Action | p. 251 |
Out-Of-Season Joys | p. 255 |
The Golfless Holiday | p. 261 |
The Evening Round | p. 265 |
Stormy Weather | p. 269 |
Autumn Comes | p. 273 |
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream | p. 277 |
The Frozen Player | p. 281 |
A Christmas Story | p. 285 |
Nailed Shoes Over Waterloo Bridge | p. 289 |
A Christmas Sermon | p. 293 |
The Last Round | p. 297 |
Fields of Play | |
Architectooralooral | p. 303 |
In the Rough | p. 315 |
The Heart of a Rabbit | p. 319 |
Aberdovey | p. 323 |
The Links of Eiderdown | p. 333 |
St. Andrews in August | p. 337 |
Muirfield in Winter | p. 341 |
The Old Course | p. 345 |
Crossing the Pond: The Atlantic Monthly Dispatches | |
The Golfer's Emotions | p. 353 |
The Perils of Golf | p. 365 |
Bad Manners in Golf | p. 375 |
The Ailing Golfer | p. 387 |
Golf in a High Wind | p. 397 |
Valedictory | |
Giving Up the Game | p. 407 |
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