Gilchrist's Who's Who in Golf

By Roger E. Gilchrist and Mark Emerson

Since its beginnings in Scotland in medieval times, golf has become one of our most enduring sports, loved by duffers and the aristocracy alike. Nearly banned in the 1400s by the Scottish parliament due to its endangerment of the public, golf triumphed and continued to gain adherents, still appealing as widely today as ever before.This comprehensive collection of biographical data, with more than 2,800 individual listings, covers major tournaments such as Ryder Cup, Curtis Cup, Walker Cup, Solheim Cup, and Presidents Cup; as well as Men's and Women's Championship winners, Amateur and Professional; Artists; Authors; Photographers; and Reporters. More than 100 photographs serve as illustrations, most from the personal collection of Mark Emerson, and many never before published.An invaluable resource for both the golf lover and the trivia buff, this book includes capsule biographies on hundreds of golf notables past and present, both well known and more obscure. Listings include golf greats such as Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, and Babe Didrikson and also those better known for non-golf accomplishments, such as President Gerald Ford, and Mary Queen of Scots (who gave us the term caddie).Thousands of people today collect golf autographs and other golf-related memorabilia, and these pages are full of invaluable information for those fans of the sport. What began as a rather informal sport of trying to hit a small rock along a rabbit run and into a rabbithole has developed into a global game loved and played by millions, and this comprehensive volume of golf trivia, biographical info, and fascinating, never-before-seen photographs is a must-read for any fan of the game.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570901570
• ISBN13: 9781570901577
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Alexander Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.