Project Gutenberg 2011-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 41 Leach, Henry 1874 The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer The seven wonders of golf, and the abiding mystery of the game, with a thought upon traditions and their value -- The ubiquity of the game, with an advertisement for the community of golfers, and a note upon the effect of St. Andrews spirits -- The tragedies of the short putt, and a contrast between children and champions, with the varied counsel of the wisest men -- Old champions and new, and some differences in achievement, with a suggestion that golf is a cruel game -- A famous championship at Brookline, U.S.A., and an account of how Mr. Francis Ouimet won it, with some explanation of seeming mysteries -- The beginnings of golf in the United States, and experiences in travelling there, with an example of American club management -- The perfect country club and the golfers' pow-wow at Onwentsia, with a glimpse of the national links -- The U.S.G.A. and the methods of the business-man golfer, with a remarkable development of municipal golf -- Canadian courses, and a great achievement at Toronto, with matters pertaining to making a new beginning -- Golf de Paris, and some remarkable events at Versailles and Chantilly, with new theories by high authorities -- Riviera golf, and what might be learned from ladies, with a consideration of the overlapping grip -- About the Pyrenees, and the charms of golf at Biarritz and Pau, with possibilities for great adventure -- The game in Italy, and the quality of the course at Rome, with a short consideration of the value of style -- The awakening of Spain, and some marvellous golfing enterprise in Madrid, with a statement of golfers' discoveries -- The superiority of British links, and a masterpiece of Kent, with some systems and morals for holiday golf -- The old dignity of London golf, and its new importance, with a word for the charm of inland courses. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/37136/37136-h/images/cover.jpg en Golf GV Text Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring Browsing: Travel & Geography 828206 828188 2024-08-15T14:43:29.404420 2023-09-16T08:05:22.931261 text/html text/html 833826 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 400345 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 427843 2024-08-15T14:43:37.716374 application/epub+zip 434821 2024-08-15T14:43:30.550423 application/epub+zip 395453 2024-08-15T14:43:29.990443 application/epub+zip 636433 2024-08-15T14:43:43.758361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586586 2024-08-15T14:43:36.980381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 547498 2022-09-17T05:20:39.131739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 790104 789879 2024-08-15T14:43:28.776441 2023-09-16T08:05:22.269300 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 789981 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 298890 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 789972 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 298763 2021-01-08T01:39:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21110 2024-08-15T14:43:43.893343 application/rdf+xml 17012 2024-08-15T14:43:30.075413 image/jpeg 1992 2024-08-15T14:43:30.033424 image/jpeg 398942 2024-08-15T14:43:29.481418 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog