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Born on the Links

John Williamson

2018

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Chapter 1. The Origins of Golf in Scotland S. 3-8

„… 3• 1 •The Origins of Golf in ScotlandM ost scholars and golf historians believe that the game of …” „… most often used as a synonym for golf course.In the 12th century, King David I of Scotland had set …” „… Golf in Scotland 5have been driven with the clubs then available was about 80 yards. The same tests …”

Appendix B. Winners of Major Professional and Amateur Golf Championships S. 219-252

„… , ScotlandWinners of Major Professional and Amateur Golf Championships 2271887Willie Park, Jr.161#Bob Martin (162 …” „… 1914Harry Vardon306J.H. Taylor (309)Prestwick Golf Club, Prestwick, Scotland(continued)228 Appendix …” „… , Sandwich, England1950Bobby Locke279Roberto de Vicenzo (281)Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, ScotlandTable A2.2 …”

Chapter 3. The Proliferation of Golf during the 19th Century S. 21-30

„… , for the purpose of determining the champion of golf in Scotland.The Proliferation of Golf during the …” „… 1800, there were six membership golf clubs in the world, all but one of which were in Scotland. The …” „… in England.Golf was being played on other links courses in Scotland as well, but membership golf …”

Appendix A. A Timeline of Golf History S. 211-218

„… holes to 18 holes1776 The first golf club outside of Scotland is established at Blackheath in England …” „… 1400 Het kolven is introduced in Scotland, where the Scots revise the game to fit their links playing …” „… 1457 The Parliament of King James II of Scotland bans the playing of golf1502 King James IV of Scotland …”

Chapter 2. The Evolution of Golf during the 17th and 18th Centuries S. 9-20

„… golf course outside of Scotland—a five-hole layout at Blackheath, near London. Legend has it that in …” „… in Scotland. In 1776, the first membership golf club outside of Scotland was established at …” „… various golf courses throughout Scotland.Article 8. If you should lose your ball by its being taken up or …”

Preface S. i-x

„… AmericavContentsAcknowledgments viiAuthor’s Note ixIntroduction 1 1 The Origins of Golf in Scotland 3 2 The Evolution of Golf …” „… ScottishGolfHistory.org, a website registered in Scot-land that provides information related to early Scottish golf and …” „… . It was on the links in Scotland that the game of golf was invented and first played in the fifteenth …”

Chapter 4. Golf Comes to America: The First Clubs and Courses S. 31-38

„… controlled by mem-bership golf clubs and the sport was unavailable to most Americans. Unlike in Scotland …” „… 31In 1786, a club known as the South Carolina Golf Club was founded in Charleston, South Carolina …” „… . Despite its name, the club appears to have been a social club as there is no record of a golf course in …”

Introduction S. 1-2

„… 1The first three chapters of this book deal with the history of golf in Scot-land and England …” „… in Scotland in the 15th century and concluding with the era of Tiger Woods in the 21st century …” „… feathery golf ball in the early 1600s, the gutta-percha golf ball in the 1850s, the rubber-wound golf ball …”

Chapter 13. The Story of Women’s Golf in the United States S. 181-204

„… included women in its activities was founded at North Berwick in Scotland. In 1867, a ladies’ golf club was …” „… practice greens. In Scotland, ladies’ golf courses were opened at North Berwick in 1867 and at Perth in …” „… , Carnoustie, Troon, and North Berwick in Scotland and seven ladies’ golf clubs were formed in England. A …”

Chapter 11. The Phenomenal Growth of Golf after 1960 S. 135-162

„… British Open at Turnberry Golf Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. Known as one of the greatest links players in …” „… , Scotland.The 1962 US Open was played in June at Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event …” „… Foundation reports that there were 8.6 million golfers in the United States in 1960 and 40 years later, at …”

Chapter 9. Let Us Play: The African American Experience in Golf S. 107-116

„… 107During its early years in the United States, golf was not only a rich man’s game, it was a white …” „… place to play the game they had grown to enjoy.The first documented African American–owned golf club in …” „… the United States was the Shady Rest Golf and Country Club in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. The club was …”

Chapter 8. The Revival of Golf after World War II S. 91-106

„… 911946 was a good year for golf in the United States. Most of the clubs and courses that had closed …” „… recreational golfers surged in 1945 as returning servicemen flocked to the courses. A surprising number of …” „… won the US Open at Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland in a playoff with Vic Ghezzi and Byron Nelson …”

Chapter 6. The Explosion of Golf in the United States after 1913 S. 59-76

„… chord with the American public and initiated a new era of golf in the United States. The sport had …” „… previously considered golf a pastime of the wealthy became interested in the game and sought to take it up …” „… . Statistically, in 1913 there were 350,000 golfers in the United States. A decade later the number had grown to …”

Chapter 5. Golf Takes Root in the United States S. 39-58

„… 39To celebrate the opening of their new nine-hole golf course on Rocky Farm, in 1894 the members of …” „… the Newport Golf Club invited golfers from other clubs to come to Newport in September for a …” „… anyone who knows any-thing about golf knows, in Britain amateur championships are always held in match …”

Chapter 12. Golf in the 21st Century S. 163-180

„… 163During the last few decades of the 20th century, golfers began using long-handled putters. In …” „… gets 40 percent of the • 12 •Golf in the 21st Century 164 Chapter 12winner’s share, the fourth-place …” „… the end of each golf season.The widespread interest shown by the public in the four professional …”

Chapter 10. Arnold Palmer, Television, and a New Era of Golf S. 117-134

„… the PGA Championship in 1958.When the 1960s arrived, professional golf still had no superstar. During …” „… grew up on the golf course and throughout his youth assisted his father in maintaining the course.His …” „… was Arnold Palmer, Television, and a New Era of Golf 119in just taking a good cut at the ball …”

About the Author S. 273-274

„… 273John Williamson was born and raised in Argyle, a small town in upstate New York founded by …” „… Scottish immigrants in the 1760s. He studied mechanical engineering at Union College in Schenectady, New …” „… York, served a three-year hitch in the US Air Force, and studied law at the Cornell University Law …”

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STADION

Browse Volumes: STADION

STADION Volume 39 (2013) Issue 1 ISSN Online: 2942-3430

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Jean Williams Breaking into Olympic Circles: Women and Parallel Versions of the Olympic Games 1900-1936 S. 7-28

„… wider place in national sporting cultures was showcased. Croquet, tennis, golf, equestrianism …” „… view is that women participated in two sports (tennis and golf) at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900 …” „… , though the IOC database lists just the seven individual medallists for tennis and golf.29 In 1904 all of …”

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Integration und Desintegration in Europa | Integration and Desintegration in Europe | Intégration et Désintégration en Europe

Jörn Axel Kämmerer (ed.), Markus Kotzur (ed.), Jacques Ziller (ed.)

Series: Societas Iuris Publici Europaei (SIPE)

Volume 13 2019

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Ian Forrester Disintegration of Legal Systems and Jurisprudence on Shared Matters Brexit: A case study in complexity S. 225-242

„… Act abolished the jurisdiction of the Pope in Scotland. A separate Act abolished idolatry and another …” „… of the law of Scotland, albeit rooted in the civil law of Scotland * Ian Forrester QC is Honorary …” „… with the Reformation, in Scotland after Brexit there will be little change in many areas of daily life …”

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Sarazen

David Sowell

2017

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4 Beware of What You Pray For S. 37-50

„… showcase the newcourse in the spring and wanted its golf professional present, not in Scot-land playing the …” „… Scotland.Walter and Gene spent three weeks in England playing in a number ofexhibitions and in two tournaments. In …” „… qualifying rounds on Monday, as theSabbath was strictly observed as a day of rest in Scotland.On this Sunday …”

2 Driver off the Deck S. 13-24

„… -year-oldgrandfather, Black, a native of Scotland, had started in golf as a caddie,become a professional, then given it …” „… opportunity was at the 1921 British Open atthe Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.Previous American …” „… writer Herbert Warren Wind titled Thirty Years of ChampionshipGolf. In it, Gene recounted his hole-in …”

Index S. 195-202

„… Caliente Resort, 90–91Ainsdale Golf Club, 124Alexander, Grover Cleveland, 38Allis, Percy, 96, 125, 169 …” „… Alumnus Football, 3American Golfer, 33Anderson, Dave, 118, 188, 191Apawamis Golf Club, 15, 183Aquitania …” „… , 124Armour, Consuelo, 30, 94Armour, Tommy, 96, 138, 149, 150, 172;backs Sarazen in riff with PGA, 122 …”

1 Setting the Stage S. 1-12

„… golf, St. Andrews, Scotland, Hutchison had been in theUnited States for almost 20 years and had …” „… Depression had begun on Black Friday, back in October1929. For the game of golf, it didn’t start until Black …” „… announce his retirement from competitive golf. Atthat moment, golf joined the rest of the country in a grim …”

3 One of a Kind S. 25-36

„… the sameevents. Loeffler, like Sarazen, had started in golf as a caddie at a veryyoung age. When he …” „… successful iron manufacturer, did not take up golf until he was in his40s. But when he did, he went all in …” „… trophy and headed for the Brooklawn Country Club inBridgeport, Connecticut, to see his golf father …”

6 A Honeymoon at the Open Championship S. 61-72

„… sites. For golfers residing in the East, theirqualifier would be at the Worcester Country Club in …” „… Worcester, Massa-chusetts, and for golfers in the West, qualifying would take place at theOak Park Country …” „… for Gene, the British Open at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club inHoylake, England.Gene, along with Walter …”

8 Just South of the Border S. 87-98

„… BritishOpen. The 1931 edition was taking place in early June at the CarnoustieGolf Links in Scotland. With …” „… greenat Muirfield in Scotland and watched Walter Hagen accept the Claret Jugfor the fourth and final time …” „… 36 holes. Thanks to theOpen being played at the Winged Foot Golf Club in nearby Mamaroneck,New York …”

15 Post-shot S. 163-174

„… , Scotland.The United States took the Ryder Cup in an eight to four win, markingPOST-SHOT 169the first time a …” „… was not at a golf course, but in a grand glass-and-marble structure at the corner of 7th and F Street …” „… two-hour sessions to overflow crowds. In these sessions, he went over theABCs of golf, demonstrated sand …”

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When Women Stood

Alexandra Allred

2023

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Three White Women in Sport S. 19-26

„… tournament was held at Musselburgh Golf Club in Scotland, which was extraordinary for two reasons. At the …” „… the first ladies golf club would be established in St. Andrew’s in Scotland, and, by 1886, it had just …” „… of Golf.” It was Mary, in fact, who coined the term “caddie,” derived from the “cadets” who assisted …”

Notes S. 287-328

„… . “Golf in Scotland: A Swing Through Time 1457–1744,” National Library of Scotland, 2010. 2. Bonnie Morris …” „… /boxing/news/report-ronda-rousey-vs-holly-holm-surpassed-1-million-ppv -purchases/.6. Linda Grant De Pauw, Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from …” „… , Gabriella Spedini, and Cristian Capelli, “Variation of Female and Male Lineages in Sub-Saharan Populations …”

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