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The Long Golden Afternoon

The Long Golden Afternoon

Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914

by Stephen Proctor
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/10/2022

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The Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise of Young Tom Morris – an era of sweeping change that saw Scotland's national pastime become one of the rare games played around the world.

It begins with the first epochal performance after Tommy – John Ball's victory at Prestwick in 1890 as the first Englishman and the first amateur to win the Open Championship - and continues through the outbreak of the Great War. If Tommy ignited the flame of golf in England, Ball's breakthrough turned that smoldering fire into a conflagration.

The generation that followed would witness the game's coming of age. It would see an explosion in golf's popularity, the invention of revolutionary new balls and clubs, the emergence of professional tours, the organization of the game and its rules, a renaissance in writing and thinking about golf, and the decision that the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews must always remain the sport's guiding light.

ISBN:
9781913759049
9781913759049
Category:
History of sport
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-10-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Birlinn, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
234x156x29mm
Weight:
0.56kg
Stephen Proctor

Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. He lives in Florida.

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