"The Book Of The Links" - Martin H.F Sutton

[Mark_Huxford]

Perhaps Tom MacWood or Paul Turner will see this and be able to give me some answers.

Firstly, I have never seen "The Book Of The Links" by Martin H.F Sutton and others. Is it about all areas of golf or just architecture and maintenance?

I am currently reading Martin A.F Sutton's 1933 "Golf Courses - Design, Construction and Upkeep". What are the main differences between this book and the first?

At the start Martin A.F. Sutton writes of two contributors from the first book returning for the second. I guess one is H.S Colt. Who is the other?

Cheers,

[Tom MacWood (Guest)]

The other contibutor is Bernard Darwin. The main difference is about twenty years of experience. There are more golf architects who contribute to the second, as well as a much more scientific look at turf - I would agree it is more focused. The first deals with other subjects like caddies, finances and the influence of golf courses on playing styles.

[Mark_Huxford]

Thanks Tom. I knew you would be out there.
May I ask what Bernard Darwin books on golf you own my friend?

[Tom MacWood (Guest)]

Mark
Unfortunately I own only one Darwin book - 'The Golf Courses of the British Isles' - but I have read several others that he wrote or was a contibutor to. I try to seek out his articles, I just discovered a number them in Vanity Fair.