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Playing Through the Rough: An Irrelevant History of Golf(E), Sort Of, Or, Scotland Shakespeare & Golf(E - Softcover
Synopsis
At last the secret history of golf(e) is revealed. It was invented by witches! In this romp through history the book describes the first golf(e) shot by a shepherd, observed by his faithful dog; the YIK tournament, whose winner is unknown because of "liquid fermented corn"; the significance of the Macbeth-Duncan rivalry for golf(e; why the English deserve credit for helping create the great course at Bannockburn.
The book is cleverly illustrated with over 100 pictures by renowned Ohio artist Walter Kaye.
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About the Author
The author was born in Chicago, the son of school teachers. He grew up in East Chicago, Indiana where he worked in steel mills, an oil refinery, and as a truck driver. He is a graduate of DePauw University. and attended St. Andrews University in Scotland for one year.
After a career of government service, in contracts and grants, Mr. Cash worked in the private sector. He was co-founder of three successful small businesses.
In 1998 he publishe his first book, Unsung Heroes, about U. S. presidents from Ohio. It is a regional best-seller and should soon go into its fifth printing. For that book he appeared on C_SPAN's Book Notes.
Mr. Cash lives with his wife in Kettering, OH. He is currently working on a book using Parkinson and others' laws relating to his own government service.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
It was a dark and stormy night...
the thunder rolled, great sheets of rain splashed onto the dampened land, when suddenly out of the cacophony came a stentorian voice with a slightly Scottish burr:
Let there Be Golf!
Nothing happened...
The Stentorian voice spoke out again:
I said, LET THERE BE GOLF!
Still, nothing happened...
The voice cleared its stentorian throat
In mid-clear, a smaller but just as authoritive voice said:
Wait, the Infrastructure's Not There.
The original voice said: Huh? Oh!
The infrastructure took a while to get going.
It started with natural forces.
There was linksand, water, wind, grass, gorse, with perhaps a burn cutting across the grass to the sea. The winds and water sculpt the linksand. Grass encroaches where it can. Seabirds come ashore to eat. They fertilize the grass. Sheep or other grazing animals keep the grass under control. Rough plants like gorse and heather provide boundaries. This is all in a place that became known as Scotland. It is the perfect enrironment for golfe.
The rest is up to people. They came. Many types from all directions: Stone Age People, Kelts, Picts, Brits, Angles, Romans.
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Playing Through the Rough: An Irrelevant History of Golf(E), Sort Of, Or, Scotland Shakespeare & Golf(E
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Carney, Cole Publishing Company, Kettering, Ohio, 2000
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