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The Complete Golfer [1905], by Harry Vardon
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Title: The Complete Golfer [1905]
Author: Harry Vardon
Release Date: February 17, 2009 [EBook #28107]
Language: English
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THE COMPLETE GOLFER
THE COMPLETE GOLFER
BY HARRY VARDON
OPEN CHAMPION, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903 AMERICAN CHAMPION, 1900
WITH SIXTY-SIX ILLUSTRATIONS
SECOND EDITION
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published June 1905
Second Edition June 1905
PREFACE
Many times I have been strongly advised to write a book on golf, and now I offer a volume to the great and increasing public who are devoted to the game. So far as the instructional part of the book is concerned, I may say that, while I have had the needs of the novice constantly in mind, and have endeavoured to the best of my ability to put him on the right road to success, I have also presented the full fruits of my experience in regard to the fine points of the game, so that what I have written may be of advantage to improving golfers of all degrees of skill. There a