Classic Golf Stories : Twenty-Six Incredible Tales from the Links

by Edited by Jeff Silverman

• ISBN13: 9781585747177
• ISBN10: 1585747173
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: The Lyons Press

Summary

In Classic Golf Stories, editor Jeff Silverman collects some of the best classic writings, both fact and realistic fiction, that reflect the rich history, tradition, agony, and ecstasy of one of our most enduring and endearing pastimes. With contributions from: P. G. Wodehouse, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bernard Darwin,Ring Lardner, Horace Hutchinson, Charles E. Van Loan, A. A. Milne, and many more.

Author Biography

Jeff Silverman, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and several national magazines

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
The Praise and Origin of Golf	1	(12)
Sir W. G. Simpson
The Mystery of Golf	13	(6)
Arnold Haultain
The Chicken; or, My First Introduction to the Ancient Game of Golf	19	(8)
S. F. Outwood
Miss Carrington's Professional	27	(24)
M. Gertrude Cundill
An Inland Voyage	51	(6)
A. A. Milne
A Method of Play	57	(8)
J. H. Taylor
Even Threes	65	(34)
Owen Johnson
Good Resolutions	99	(16)
Bernard Darwin
The Humorous Side of Golf	115	(6)
A. W. Tillinghast
A Novel Golfing Match	121	(10)
A. Niblick
A One-Ball Match	131	(8)
Gerald Batchelor
Dormie One	139	(34)
Holworthy Hall
Mathematics for Golfers	173	(8)
Stephen Leacock
The Science of Golf Anonymous	181	(4)
Hit the Ball	185	(10)
Eddie Loos
A Lesson in Golf Anonymous	195	(10)
A Mixed Threesome	205	(28)
P. G. Wodehouse
Mr. Dooley on Golf	233	(6)
Finley Peter Dunne
A Caddy's Diary	239	(28)
Ring Lardner
How I Began to Play Golf	267	(10)
Francis Ouimet
Shush!!!	277	(8)
Ring Lardner
Etiquette and Behaviour	285	(32)
Horace Hutchinson
Golf for Duffers	317	(14)
Sir Henry Rider Haggard
Gentlemen, You Can't Go Through!	331	(42)
Charles E. Van Loan
Aberdovey	373	(14)
Bernard Darwin
Winter Dreams	387	(38)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
About the Editor	425	(2)
Sources	427