The Game of Golf

About the Book: 

Where should you place your feet?
How do you get out of a bunker?
How can you take strokes off your score?
All these questions and more are answered in Willie Park's The Game of Golf.

First published in 1896, it is considered a milestone in golfing history - the first book on the game by a professional - and the most reliable and thorough instruction book for golfers ever printed.

The clubs and balls may have changed, but the technique and mental challenge remains the same. The opinion and tips of a legendary Open champion set out the original techniques of the game and reveal finer details that can still be applied today.

This guide to golf for players of all skill levels:
- includes a helpful glossary, diagrams and illustrations
- covers every aspect of the game, from selecting equipment, using the proper swing and grip, to playing out of hazards and the rules of golf
- is a clear, concise and detailed guide to mastery of technique.

Reviews: 

The book is handsomely got up, it is written with concise vigour and fullness of knowledge... [it] ought to be in the hands of every golfer and on the table of every golf club. GOLF MAGAZINE

...solid and reliable... practically every book on golf since his time has copied his basic format. After over a century it can still be read with profit by today's golfer. PAUL LAWRIE

About the Author:

WILLIE PARK JUNIOR was the epitome of the Victorian entrepreneur. Besides being the champion golfer of his time, he took the game of golf to the world in a number of ways. He participated in challenge matches and demonstrations in Britain, Western Europe and North America, and designed, made and sold both clubs and balls in the main cities of Britain and North America. By laying out over 160 golf courses, Willie Park Junior made the game popular in Britain, Western Europe and North America. Always on the move, he wore himself out by continually making his presence felt in two continents and died in 1925 at the age of 61.