The Life of Tom Morris
The Life of Tom Morris

Author: W. W. Tulloch

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-26

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781333745509

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Excerpt from The Life of Tom Morris: With Glimpses of St. Andrews and Its Golfing Celebrities I have further to thank the editors and proprietors of Golfing and Golf Illustrated for allowing me to reproduce the illustrations which accompany the volume, and which originally appeared in these journals. Those reproduced from Gol/ Illustrated are interesting and valuable as specimens of early calotypes taken by one of the most skilful of the pioneers in photography, Dr Adamson of St Andrews. And I should like to associate this book with the name of her whom I call Lady Sylvia of the Silver City, through whose hands it has also passed. W. W. Tulloch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Life of Tom Morris, With Glimpses of St. Andrews and Its Golfing Celebrities
The Life of Tom Morris, With Glimpses of St. Andrews and Its Golfing Celebrities

Author: W W 1846-1920 Tulloch

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 9781014462848

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Life of Tom Morris
The Life of Tom Morris

Author: W. Tulloch

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-30

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781521725320

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The author, W. W. Tulloch was an eyewitness to the enormous changes in golf that took place at St. Andrews from 1850-1900, all of which revolved around the figure of Tom Morris, who was, as Ben Crenshaw said: "... the first player who had people's adulation that really made the game universally popular". Filled with sketches of the famous early professionals, the great matches, and all the stories of the early days of championship golf, this is one of the most famous and hard to get books on the game.Many humorous stories are woven throughout this great biography - for example:Tom Morris, at a commemorative dinner, on hearing a lady sing: "Doctor, her pronunciation is very bad, for I canna mak oot a word she's sayin." No wonder. The song was French!Tom's reputation for short putts was not good; in fact he once received a letter from a friend, addressed "The Misser of Short Putts, Prestwick", which the postman took straight to the champion.At Prestwick, where Tom worked in his younger years, a man was heard "shouting out one cold, frosty morning that there was 'a man on the beach trying hard to drown himself.' It was only Tom Morris breaking the ice to enjoy his usual morning dip in the sea, for he made a practice of bathing all the year round, notwithstanding the state of the atmosphere."This is the greatest of all golf classics, and no lover of the game should be without it.

Monarch of the Green
Monarch of the Green

Author: Stephen Proctor

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2019-04-11

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1788851668

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Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards Biography of the Year 'A splendid new biography. How good was young Tom Morris? Stephen Proctor makes his case cogently. Young Tom Morris was one of the greatest of them all' - Allan Massie Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf's first superstar. Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive 'gutty' ball was making golf affordable and drawing thousands of new players to the game, his genius and his swashbuckling personality would set a game that had been frozen in amber for four centuries on the pathway to becoming worldwide spectator sport we know today. Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of Tommy's life (which also includes, for the first time, a compilation of his competitive record in stroke-play tournaments, singles matches, and foursomes) and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.

Historical Dictionary of Golf
Historical Dictionary of Golf

Author: Bill Mallon

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2011-01-21

Total Pages: 865

ISBN-13: 0810874652

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Golf has been called the greatest of all games, but it has also been derided by none other than Mark Twain as nothing more than a good walk spoiled. Traditional teaching holds that golf originated in Scotland around the 15th century. However, there is historical evidence of games similar to golf being played in the low countries of Europe back in the 13th century. Over the many centuries of golf's evolution, the balls used have changed greatly, as have the clubs, the holes, the courses, and the entire game itself. The Historical Dictionary of Golf presents a comprehensive history of the game through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, photos, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on places, teams, terminology, and people, including Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sörenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Phil Mickelson, and, of course, Tiger Woods. Appendixes of the members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Major Championships of Golf, the International Team Events, and the Professional Tour Awards are also included.