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The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris (Hardcover)

by Old Tom Morris (Author), David Joy (Compiler) "We, the Noblemen and Gentlemen subscribing ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 232 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (15 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1886947457
  • ISBN-13: 978-1886947450
  • Product Dimensions: 28.1 x 23.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Throughout golf’s long history, few players are more famous than “Old Tom” Morris of St. Andrews, Scotland. The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris, by David Joy, is truly a unique presentation of the life and golf career of this legendary figure. Through vintage photographs, articles, letters, and contemporary commentary, you are taken back over 100 years to the home of golf. There, you learn what it was like for Tom to grow up in Scotland in the 1800s.

But you also learn what golf was like at that stage in its history, and how Morris became such an important part. His four victories in the Open Championship, his many years as head professional at St. Andrews, his career as one of the first true course architects, and the equally legendary but tragic life of his son “Young Tom” Morris are all part of this informative scrapbook.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worthy Tribute to the Pioneers of Professional Golf, 30 Mar 2002
Old Tom Morris lived to the age of eighty-seven, witnessing, and being a major part of, the development of a sport which is now played all over the world (and once on the moon). It is therefore extraordinary that this seems to be the only book dedicated to his life, or even to this time in golf's history; prior to this publication, the exceptional characters of the time - Old Tom Morris, Willie Park, Allan Robertson, Young Tom Morris - have merited only the odd paragraph in golfing encyclopedia.

Compiled as an actor's stage prop - from sources including the golfer's actual scrapbook - the book has the feel of a genuine, beautifully bound, scrapbook: its not-quite chronological, happy-accident nature. This genuine feel adds enormously to its appeal - it's the only book, of any type, that has made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up: looking at the cuttings and photographs which starkly set out the man's life was very moving.

Though this fresh approach to biography allows the reader to interpret material free of the bias normally brought by an author, it also means it is free of any correction: the original authors of the clippings would, no doubt, have their own agenda, as would the person collecting them. Another disadvantage in this format is that it lacks social context: sporting event takes precedence, leaving the world around relatively unimportant (reading 'A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950' T C Smout, would help the reader fill this gap). This book gives the initial impression that the golfing professional was a rich man of high status, which runs contrary to other sources which suggest that he was not welcome within clubhouses and that much of his income was reliant on club and ball making; wealthy backers being the main benificiaries of his golfing talent.

These points aside, the book contains a huge amount of material which will keep anyone interested in history and/or golf fascinated for years. I would suggest you find a comfortable chair, pour a generous glass of whisky (28 year old Springbank as a preference), open a page of this book at random and look back one hundred and fifty years at the pioneers who look exactly like their contemporaries in the wild west, except rifles are replaced with golf clubs.

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