48 pp. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. A rare 1923 instructional by the golf professional Dave Thomson at the Washington Golf and Country Club in Rosslyn VA. Part one of the book covers traditional instruction of the swing and how to hit clubs like the brassie and niblick. Part two covers the causes of the most common golf errors and the related remedies. This book was published a year after a re-designed course by Walter J. Travis, Hugh Wilson and William Flynn opened in 1922. D&J T8320. Over the years the club became known as the “Chosen Playground of Presidents”. Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge were all members and Taft, Wilson and Harding were active golfing members at the club.
48 pp. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. A rare 1923 instructional by the golf professional Dave Thomson at the Washington Golf and Country Club in Rosslyn VA. Part one of the book covers traditional instruction of the swing and how to hit clubs like the brassie and niblick. Part two covers the causes of the most common golf errors and the related remedies. This book was published a year after a re-designed course by Walter J. Travis, Hugh Wilson and William Flynn opened in 1922. D&J T8320. Over the years the club became known as the “Chosen Playground of Presidents”. Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge were all members and Taft, Wilson and Harding were active golfing members at the club.
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