American Golf in the Great Depression: The Pros Take to the Grapefruit Circuit

by Kevin Kenny

This account of professional golf during the Great Depression begins with a look at the "roaring 1920s" and how the game developed during this exciting decade. What a contrast to the Depression era--in which golf at all levels suffered but survived.

The Depression years in general are covered and then the professional tour between 1931 and 1940 is examined in detail--the administrators (those who sold the tour to sponsors, the media and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478128
• ISBN13: 9780786478125
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher