This month, Classics of Golf is proud to spotlight Out of the Rough, a superb collection of Bernard Darwin’s columns from the early 1930s in magazines like The Times and Country Life.
This collection include some of Darwin’s all-time classic stories, including “Old Pawky,” where he talks about Willie Park’s wooden putter; “Hail and Farewell,” in which Darwin discusses Bobby Jones’ retirement, and “The Best Ever.”
Even after 70 years, Darwin’s observations on golf are unfailing, making these columns as relevant today as they were when he first wrote them. Henry Longhurst, who constructed the foreword to Out Of The Rough described Darwin once at work in a crowded golf club lounge:
“In an arm-chair amid the Babel sits a bowed, greyish figure in his early sixties. He is writing in a small, spidery hand on some crumpled sheets of paper, and his pen, save when he stops to peer vaguely over his glasses and puff smoke from his cigar, pushes on without pausing. Nothing is corrected, not a word crossed out. His concentration is complete. He might be alone in the silence of his study at home.”
Out Of The Rough is a faithful reproduction of the original, beautifully captured book in a traditional Smyth-sewn, hardcover binding. Early editions of the book sell for $700 and more. The new Classics of Golf version is priced at $35.00
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