Tommy's Honor
The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son
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نقد و بررسی
May 15, 2007
Golf, if anything, is a game about tradition. Cook here chronicles the beginnings of the modern era of golf. Prior to the Morrises of 19th-century St. Andrews, Scotland, golf was an ad hoc pastime of shepherds, with sheep on the green. With Old Tom Morris, golf moved from the purely amateur to the emergent professional. In telling his story and that of son Tommy, a hugely promising player who died tragically at the age of 24, Cook (former editor in chief, Golf magazine) has done considerable research. The student of the game will find that Old Tom Morris standardized hole size, began the process of top-dressing greens, and introduced the mechanical lawnmower. Mixed in with the narrative is a description of the class values of the era in Scotland and England. There are indeed parallels with contemporary golf: the evolution of the golf ball, the relative merits of different clubs, and the influence of the crowd on the outcome of a match. (Arnies' Army was not the first such phenomenon, nor was Tiger Woods's removal of a loose impediment.) Above all else, Cook brings to life the conditions, values, and mores of golf at this critical point of development. Recommended for sports collections.Steven Silkunas, North Wales, PA
Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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