Art of putting

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partsofthecountry,Ihadlostalotof
weight(nearlyastoneandahalf);but
sixweeksbeforethematchIdeterminedto
settledowntosteadypractice...Thecon-
testexcitedinterestthroughoutthegolfing
world,andthecrowdwhichfollowedtheplay
atNorthBerwickhasneversincebeenequalled
atagolfcontest.Itwasawonderfulcrowd,
reachingfromteetoholeonbothsidesin
densemasses,butitbehavedperfectly;all
weregolfers.Thehistoryofthematchis
familiar.Wehalvedthefirsttenholes,and
then,holingonelongputtofftheedgeofthe
green,Iwontheeleventh.Vardonwasplay-
ingbrilliantly.Offthetee,andapproaching,
hewasasperfectasamachine.Butthat
dayIprovedtothelastsyllablethattheman
whocanputtisamatchforanyone.North
Berwickisaseasidecourse,fulloftesting
shots.IplayedVardonthirty-sixholeswhen
Vardonwasadmittedlyathisgreatest.There
wereheavybetsontheresultofthefirstround.
Attheendof18holesIwasoneupon
Vardon.Ihadputtedindeadlyfashion
throughout.AtPointGarryIplayedsome-

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Description	By Willie Park.
Shelfmark	H3.76.723
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Pamphlets
Dates / events:	1920 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Golf Sports
Person / organisation:	Park, Willie, 1864-1925 [Author] J. and J. Gray (Firm) [Publisher]
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Description	More than 230 sports publications from the National Library of Scotland's collections. Featured sports include football, rugby, golf, shinty, athletics, bowls, cricket and hockey. Among the material from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are match programmes, club histories, and handbooks. From the late 20th century are promotional materials to encourage greater diversity in sport. Most items cover sports activities in Scotland. There are also publications relating to the Olympics and international matches.
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