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The Art Of Golf

The Art Of Golf - Golf’s original instruction manual has been re-published after more than a century.

The Art Of Golf is golf’s original instruction manual.  But hitherto this book was out of print in the UK since the late nineteenth century.

Cambridge publisher The Oleander Press has published the classic guide to after more than a century.

The Art of Golf is a rare and classic treasure of sporting literature and a must for every golfer’s bookshelf.

The Art of Golf is one diehard links-addict’s attempt to accumulate all man’s golfing knowledge to that point; to bring  mindset and method together in one volume and after 121 years lost in the rough, this edition finds the green once more.

More often defining the flights of fancy of the player himself rather than those of his ball, it nevertheless frequently offers pithy, erudite advice along with tips, tricks and tactics, delivered with a dry, sardonic  humour to golfers ancient and modern, young and old, on how to improve their game.

The book is a fascinating exploration and homage to this enthralling and most frustrating of human pursuits; The Art of Golf provides an enlightening glimpse into the game of golf’s past.

The author, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson (1843 – 1898), was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. A good friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, their canoeing trip through Belgium and France is recounted in Stevenson’s first published book An Inland Voyage.

Simpson, Captain of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in 1886 and 1887, wrote frequently on his passion for magazines and periodicals but his two main published works are collected here – The Art of Golf and the essay “Out of Form” written for the Badminton Library’s Golf (1890).

This new edition of The Art of Golf celebrates the 121st anniversary of the original edition and features the complete texts and all the original images, photographs and drawings, digitally enhanced where possible.

Oleander Press’ Jon Gifford said: ‘Re-publishing The Art of Golf has been a fascinating experience and one that we’ve thoroughly enjoyed. I’ve known of the book for years but didn’t realise just how much players today could learn from the writings of a devotee over 100 years ago.’

The Art of Golf is published by The Oleander Press, priced £14.95 and would make a perfect Christmas gift for any golfer.  As a Buzzin Golf reader you can claim a discount when buying direct from the publishers website - www.OleanderPress.com.  The discount code is Golf08.

FREE COMPETITION

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Who wrote The Art Of Golf?

Send your entries to freecompetition@buzzinmedia.co.uk with Buzzin Art Of Golf Competition in the subject line with your answer and your full address and contact telephone number.

The Buzzin Golf Free Competition ends on 31 December, 2008. The editor will randomly choose 5 winners. Each will receive a copy of The Art Of Golf.

The editor’s choice is final.