Early Golf
Early Golf
Royal Myths and Ancient Histories
by Neil S Millar
(Edinburgh University Press 2022)
(hardback 262 pages)
Part I covers multiple facts and dates about early golf that have appeared over the last few hundred years. Some are provable (true), some are false (myth) and some are 'not proven' (myth?). These are arranged in chapter headings by the King or Queen associated with golf at the time.
- James II (history)
- James III (myth)
- James IV (history)
- Catherine of Aragon (myth)
- James V (myth)
- Mary Queen of Scots (myth?)
- James VI (history)
- James VI (myth)
- Charles I (history)
- Charles II (myth and history)
- James VII (myth and history)
Part II covers golf history themes including golf balls, clubs & caddies, golf societies, women's golf, the spread of golf elsewhere and the origin of golf.