Early Golf: Royal Myths and Ancient Histories
Neil S. Millar, "Early Golf: Royal Myths and Ancient Histories"
English | ISBN: 1399503812 | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 36 MB
English | ISBN: 1399503812 | 2022 | 272 pages | PDF | 36 MB
There are numerous myths and misconceptions entrenched in the popular history of golf. Neil Millar challenges these myths and revisits the evidence surrounding the sport's early history. He shows how the game blossomed in Scotland in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and describes the role of Scottish golfers in its spread to other countries between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. And he examines the relative antiquity of golf compared with that of other early stick-and-ball games – a topic that has been debated extensively.
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