By Bernard Darwin
A must have edition for the Darwin fan! It is hard to believe how well Darwin writes until you open this volume at any short chapter and get whisked off on Darwin’s magic carpet to wherever he wants to take you. No wonder his writing has lost none of its immediacy. He makes you understand and appreciate the game on a deep emotional level. It’s what has made him the greatest golf writer ever and, some think, the greatest writer on sport. Reading Darwin is one of the most pleasurable aspects of an involvement in golf. It makes you feel almost as good as hitting a long, straight drive.
Here’s an excerpt from the review on Cybergolf.com:
“Out of the Rough is a superb collection of Bernard Darwin’s columns from the early 1930s. The columns include some of Darwin’s all-time classics, 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,” where Darwin describes the best golfer in history.
Darwin’s observations on golf are unfailing, which help make him a great read today, some 70 years after these columns were written.
This book is a faithful reproduction of the original, beautifully captured in a traditional Smyth-sewn, hardcover binding. Early editions of the book sell for $700 and more.
Foreword by Henry Longhurst.