Project Gutenberg 2012-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 58 Vaile, P. A. (Percy Adolphus) 1866 Vaile, Pembroke Arnold Vaile, Percy Adolphus a13000866 The Soul of Golf Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Greg Bergquist, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Soul of Golf" by P. A. Vaile is a sports instructional text written in the early 20th century. The book aims to delve deeply into the mechanics and philosophy of golf, presenting a comprehensive guide to understanding the game more thoroughly. Vaile confronts many misconceptions prevalent in the golfing community, positioning his work as a corrective to the various false teachings about the sport established by previous golfers and experts. The opening of the book discusses the complexities of golf and argues against the belief that it cannot be learned from a book. Vaile emphasizes that theoretical understanding is crucial for practical success, advocating for a scientific approach to mastering the game. He introduces the notion that many skilled players may perform mechanically beautiful shots but lack a true understanding of the underlying mechanics—essentially missing "the soul of golf." By doing so, he sets the stage for exploring fundamental principles critical for any golfer wishing to excel, while also calling for a reassessment of existing teaching methods in the sport. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41149/41149-h/images/frontcover.jpg en Golf GV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Sports/Hobbies/Motoring 753996 753972 2024-10-17T10:37:24.203718 2023-09-18T05:12:04.734941 text/html text/html 748505 2012-10-22T19:05:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1017786 2012-10-22T19:05:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1029657 2024-10-17T10:37:33.667708 application/epub+zip 1036534 2024-10-17T10:37:25.778758 application/epub+zip 334248 2024-10-17T10:37:24.911733 application/epub+zip 1250344 2024-10-17T10:37:39.752682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1182300 2024-10-17T10:37:32.809721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478324 2022-09-18T19:03:26.061078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691231 691002 2024-10-17T10:37:22.805778 2023-09-18T05:12:03.452891 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 690983 2012-10-22T19:05:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 227234 2012-10-22T19:05:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 690976 2012-10-22T19:05:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 227206 2012-10-22T19:05:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21366 2024-10-17T10:37:39.906648 application/rdf+xml 15055 2024-10-17T10:37:25.035734 image/jpeg 1872 2024-10-17T10:37:24.975732 image/jpeg 1025897 2024-10-17T10:37:24.309741 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