MacDonald, Bob - "Golf - Illustrated by Motion Pictures, Exercises and Explanatory…

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MacDonald, Bob - "Golf - Illustrated by Motion Pictures, Exercises and Explanatory…

MacDonald, Bob - "Golf - Illustrated by Motion Pictures, Exercises and Explanatory Diagrams" 1st edition 1927 publ'd by The Wallace Press Chicago - dark green textured cloth stamped in bright gilt. Golfer taking a swing in gilt stamped on front cover. 212 pages printed on high quality slick paper - illustrated throughout with diagrams and photographs. Chapters are: Exercises; Grips; The Drive; The Brassie or Spoon; The Iron Clubs; Driving Iron; Mid-Iron; mashie; Mashie Niblick; Mashie-Pitch and Run; Putting; Low Iron Shot; The Pull; The Slice; Bunker Shots; The Stymie; Faults; The Psychology of Golf. - internally very clean (G)-scarce. Note MacDonald was posted as professional at several clubs in the Chicago area, including Evanston, Edgewater, and Indian Hill Club. He coached legendary golfers Gene Sarazen, Horton Smith and Babe Zaharias. His book, Golf, published in 1927, was a classic in the late 1920s. In the book's preface he wrote, "It is probably beyond argument that the golf stroke, apart from the putt, is the most highly technical method of hitting a ball in the whole realm of sport" Note: From The Estate of The Late David Easby

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