The Original Rules of Golf
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- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2009
Summary
The first known rules of golf were drawn up in 1744 in Edinburgh for the world’s first open golf competition at Leith by the Gentlemen Golfers of Edinburgh, who became The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. In the nineteenth century, the rules evolved as local clubs took the Edinburgh rules and adapted them for their own use. In 1897 the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews assumed oversight of the rules and in the same year published the first national set of rules.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851243426 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1851243429 |
| Author: | Dale Concannon, Tony Jacklin |
| Publisher: | Bodleian Library |
| Imprint: | Bodleian Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 104g |
| Dimensions: | 148mm x 100mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Original Rules |
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“An ideal mid-summer afternoon escape… . If you want an interesting read with proof that good things come in small packages then The Original Rules of Golf is a must get. Appreciating where we’re at is many times just a matter of knowing where we came from.”– “Average Golfer blog”
About The Author
Dale Concannon
Dale Concannon is a full-time golf journalist and author. He is among the best-known and most widely read golf writers in Europe. He is a regular contributor to Golf World and Golf Monthly magazines and is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Nick Faldo: Driven - The Definitive Biography, published in 2001.
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