xii, 234 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾"), original gilt-lettered red cloth. First Edition. At the time this book was written, man-made inland golf courses were looked upon skeptically by purists who believed golf should only be played on natural courses, situated next to the ocean and without trees. Ray, a British and American Open champion, appealed to the reader to accept the new, inland courses as valid tests of a golfer's abilities. Murdoch 624; D&M 31260; D&J R3280. Lacking ad pages at rear. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, bookplate of Norman J. Sondheim on pastedown.
xii, 234 pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾"), original gilt-lettered red cloth. First Edition. At the time this book was written, man-made inland golf courses were looked upon skeptically by purists who believed golf should only be played on natural courses, situated next to the ocean and without trees. Ray, a British and American Open champion, appealed to the reader to accept the new, inland courses as valid tests of a golfer's abilities. Murdoch 624; D&M 31260; D&J R3280. Lacking ad pages at rear. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, bookplate of Norman J. Sondheim on pastedown.
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