Thomas Kincaid's diary: extract 7
An extract from the diary of golf enthusiast and Edinburgh medical student Thomas Kincaid.
Transcription
- '[Jan] Moond[ay] I rose at 4 and ex. till 5 I wrott this and thought on severall things till 8 as of the way of standing at the Golve, that your feet most be both of ane equall distance from the ball at least the ball most ly [lie] upon a line that is perpendicular to that line that passeth between the on[e] foot and the other. These places will be found by drawing a circle round about the ball which most be the center and placeing your feet on that circle, that your feet most not stand parallel to the way you would have the ball to fly, but upon a line declineing towards the left hand as it were 10 or 15 degrees ...'
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