Success at Golf

According to this 1914 book, “[t]here is no game in which inherent ability counts for more than it does in golf.” But as any golfer knows, your game can be improved by studying the professionals. Here six world-famous golfers explain the proper method of playing the strokes in which they excelled. Six-time British Open champion Harry Vardon covers the finer points of driving. No wonder his record of British Open wins still stands! Of particular note is the chapter on putting by American golfer Francis Ouimet, who won the U.S. Open in 1913 at the age of 20, beating the heavily favored Vardon. Ouimet is considered by many to be the “father of American golf.” Only about 350,000 Americans played golf in 1913, but within 10 years of Ouimet’s surprise victory, that number had increased to 2 million. It continues to be a popular American pastime.