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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: David Harshbarger on May 30, 2012, 07:22:37 PM

Title: Scottish Croquet: The English Golf Boom 1880-1914
Post by: David Harshbarger on May 30, 2012, 07:22:37 PM

Here's a wide-ranging article on the growth of golf in England, touching on many, many subjects that have shown up here: the tradesmen's clubs, the dearth of quality Scottish pros, the price of a course, St. Andrews, as seat of power of the rules makers, class, politics, economics, etc.

http://www.historytoday.com/john-lowerson/scottish-croquet-english-golf-boom-1880-1914 (http://www.historytoday.com/john-lowerson/scottish-croquet-english-golf-boom-1880-1914)