St Andrews in the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris
Author | : Roger McStravick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Golf |
ISBN | : 9780957164369 |
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Author | : Roger McStravick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Golf |
ISBN | : 9780957164369 |
Author | : David Malcolm |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0857901079 |
This is the first biography in over 100 years of the great Tom Morris of St Andrews, who presided over one of the most illustrious periods in the history of golf, who - more than anyone before or since in any game - stamped his individual character upon his sport and how, in large measure, made golf what it is today. Born in a humble weaver's cottage in St Andrews in 1821, by the time of his death in 1908, he had become a figure of international renown. When he was buried with all the pomp and ceremony befitting an eminent Victorian, newspapers around the world reported his funeral, followed by his internment below the effigy of his son, Tommy, amidst the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral. In the course of his long life, he witnessed huge social and scientific changes in the world, none more so than in the game of golf that he had, in many respects, overseen and directed. By the time of his death, the game had expanded to become the most popular and geographically widespread of all sports and the essential recreational pursuit of gentlemen. Tom Morris was a sporting hero in an age of heroes, as well as golf's first iconic figure.
Author | : Michael T. Tracy |
Publisher | : Createspace |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2018-04-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1987557522 |
The Immortal of Golf was born in humble circumstances in a weavers cottage. His father, John Morris (1777-1846), was a weaver and letter carrier as the family resided on North Street in the ancient city of St. Andrews. Tom, at the age of fifteen, was apprenticed to the renowned Allan Robertson, champion golfer, unbeaten in his lifetime, and continued his employment as a journeyman. Since being bred in the home of golf and also instructed in the ancient game it is not surprising that Morris began to acquire skillfulness in the sport and began earning distinction on the links. In one of the first public appearances of the young professional he was a partner with Robertson, and played in a match for 400 pounds against William and James Dunn, known as the Dunn Brothers of Musselburgh and Morris and Robertson succeeded on the last day of the match, after being four down with eighteen to play, in winning the match. A match for the ages.
Author | : Oliver Horovitz |
Publisher | : Avery |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 159240863X |
A caddie since he was twelve and a golfer sporting a 1.8 handicap, Ollie decides to spend his gap year, pre Harvard, in St. Andrews: a town with the U.K.'s highest number of pubs per capita and home to the Old Course, golf's most famous eighteen holes, where he enrolls in the St. Andrews Links Trust caddie trainee program. Initially, the notoriously brusque veteran caddies treat Ollie like a pest. But after a year of waking up at 4:30 A.M. every morning and looping two rounds a day, Ollie earns their grudging respect. A charming coming-of-age memoir.
Author | : James W. Finegan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2007-01-09 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1416532986 |
A passionate advocate and a charming storyteller, Finegan combines a writer's eye, a historian's knowledge, and a golfer's sense of wonder to provide an impossibly ambitious grand tour of this beautiful land.
Author | : David Seabrook |
Publisher | : Granta Books |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2014-07-03 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1783781262 |
Twenty years ago, in a series of mysterious, incandescent writings, David Seabrook told of the places he knew best: the declining resort towns of the Kent coast. The pieces were no advert for the local tourist board. Here, the ghosts of murderers and mad artists crawl the streets. Septuagenarian rent boys recall the good old days and Carry On stars go to seed. Clandestine fascist networks emerge. And all the time, there is Seabrook himself - desperate perhaps, and in danger. Dark, strange and immediate, this is a classic work of sui generis British literature. There are devils here, and the reader will remember them.
Author | : Stephen Proctor |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2019-04-11 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1788851668 |
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.
Author | : Lyman Horace Weeks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : New York (N.Y.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publisher | : Oberon Books |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2011-05-17 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781849430814 |
For students, teachers, youth theatres, Shakespeare fans, theatre lovers and those interested in Shakespeare and Shakespearean adaptations.