Echoes of Open Glory by Maurice Mcaleese

Echoes of Open Glory by Maurice Mcaleese

In a holiday guide from the 1950s Portrush is described as "a place where golfers foregather" and that "foregathering" has been happening for well over a century now. Less well known, perhaps, is the story of Portrush and its many and varied associations with the Open Championship. It is a remarkable story told here by retired journalist Maurice McAleese, himself a Portrush man, who admits that he is "just old enough" to remember seeing some of the top players of the day in action on the Dunluce fairways in 1951. As well as having a focus on what happened on and off the course during that celebrated Championship, he touches on some of the not so well known aspects of the game in this small corner of the world and along the way gives a glimpse of life in Portrush and North Antrim in that mid-twentieth century period.

Eddie McIlwaine of the Belfast Telegraph writes, 'Here's an intriguing question thrown up by a book entitled Echoes of Open Glory..: can you name the mystery passenger ship that sailed from Portrush to America in 1726? ... this absorbing tome, devoted to the 1951 Open staged at Royal Portrush, isn't just about golf. It is laced too with tales and yarns about the North Coast.'

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781780730684
ISBN 10	1780730683
Titel	Echoes of Open Glory
Autor	Maurice Mcaleese
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-12-08
Seitenanzahl	192
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.