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Golf Links - Chay Burgess, Francis Ouimet and the Bringing of Golf to America, Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Golf Links - Chay Burgess, Francis Ouimet and the Bringing of Golf to America, Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Recounting golf's early years in Scotland and its growth in the
U.S., this book tells the story of the largely unheralded players
of the ""Scottish Invasion,"" who struggled to earn respect a time
when the game was controlled by a wealthy American establishment.
Charles ""Chay"" Burgess - founder and inductee of the New England
PGA Hall of Fame and teacher of three American national champions -
learned the game on the ancient seaside links of his native
Montrose and competed against such British greats as James Braid
and J.H. Taylor. His arrival in the U.S. dramatically influenced
the rapid development of amateur golf In 1913, American amateur
Francis Ouimet - a working-class unknown under Burgess' tutelage -
won the U.S. Open against British celebrities Ted Ray and Harry
Vardon. Ouimet's triumph began a revolution on the links by
bringing the game to mainstream America.
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