Early Golf: Royal Myths and Ancient Histories Millar Neil S.
Using contemporary documentary evidence, this book re-examines the important and, in some cases, overlooked aspects of the origins and evolution of the game of golf. Organised chronologically, it…
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Using contemporary documentary evidence, this book re-examines the important and, in some cases, overlooked aspects of the origins and evolution of the game of golf. Organised chronologically, it focuses on golf's early history, primarily the fifteenth to the nineteen century, as this is the period that explains how the modern game of golf achieved its current world-wide popularity. While some chapters focus on a notable historical figure and use this as a starting point to review what is known about various periods in golf's early history, others deal with broader thematic topics that span a more extensive period in the history of golf. Neil S. Millar tells a reliable history of a sport that has existed for over five hundred years and which is now played by more than 60 million people worldwide. He explains how golf blossomed on the west coast of Scotland around the beginning of the