The Greatest Game by Hugh Dodd

The Greatest Game by Hugh Dodd

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

Professor David Purdie takes a seriously humorous swipe at our collected knowledge of the game in this enlightening and entertaining compendium and tries to make some sense of the collective madness which pervades the links each day from dawn to sunset.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

The Greatest Game by Hugh Dodd

Professor David Purdie takes a seriously humorous swipe at our collected knowledge of the game in this enlightening and entertaining compendium and tries to make some sense of the collective madness which pervades the links each day from dawn to sunset.

Professor David Purdie’s career in academic medicine -and golf - has ideally fitted him to describe the physical, and, especially, the mental afflictions of the golfer. His work as a journalist and as a speechwriter for Sam Torrance and Colin Montgomerie has given him insights into the game at the highest level. He can now be revealed as author of The Major, the legendary column in Golf International featuring the obsessions and outbursts of Major RJM Warren-Dawlish the explosive (and fictional) Secretary of Royal St. Luke’s Golf Club, the oldest, and oddest, club in the world.

Hugh Dodd’s illustrations for each chapter comprise full-colour plates plus pen-and-ink vignettes. A contemporary Scottish artist and illustrator, his recent work has focused on the art of golf. He has exhibited widely since 1980 and his work can be found in numerous private and public collections throughout the world and appears in books, prints and cards. His work has also appeared in most leading UK newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Scotsman, The Herald, The Scottish Field and others.

SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780951447079
ISBN 10 0951447076
Title The Greatest Game
Author Hugh Dodd
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Maclean Dubois
Year published 2010-06-23
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.