The Historical Dictionary of Golfing Terms: From 1500 to the Present

by Peter Davies

Book Overview

No game has a richer array of terms than golf. As new golfing terms have accumulated, old ones have changed or faded away. This concise yet informative dictionary provides definitions and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935576444
• ISBN13: 9780935576443
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Michael Kesend Publishing, Limited
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Very informative

this comprehensive resource covers a wide range of golf trivia. very interesting to see the origins of golf and follow the evolution of the sport. great book for anyone curious about golf.

The best source on golfing terms

This is an excellent book for people curious about the meaning and origins of golfing terms. It covers historical words - for example the old names of clubs in the hickory era - and current words and their origins. I get emailed regularly about such things via my website, and this is the source I turn to to answer the tricky questions. It's also worth looking for an old copy of John Stobbs' 1964 book "An ABC of Golf", but Davies' book is the definitive source. DN