Did you know that Shakespeare was a golfer? And that Rembrandt was no
stranger to the fairway? Professor David Purdie takes a seriously
humorous swipe at our collected knowledge of the game in this
enlightening and entertaining compendium. Based on firm facts where
available and on firm invention when not, the book examines the curious
roles of the Golf Club, the golf ball and the golf player, explores the
culture of the game across the world, including the USA, China and
India - and sweeps aside all claims for the game's origin outside of
Scotland.
Accompanied by hilarious caricatures, The Greatest Game offers an
alternative view of golf and tries to make some sense of the collective
madness which pervades the links each day from dawn to sunset.