INDEX

Aden Golf Club, 10

African coast, golf on the, 12

Age for golf, best, 293

America, golf in, 12

American ladies’ golf, 100

Anderson, Jamie, 89

Antarctic, golf in the, 11

Arabia, golf in, 10

Archerfield golf course, 140

Architecture, different classes of golf, 134

Argentine Republic, golf in the, 10

Asia, golf in, 10

Australia, golf in, 10

Austria, golf in, 9

Autumn meeting at St. Andrews, 186

Axes of rotation, 209

Bagdad, golf at, 10

Balfour, Jamie, 301

—— The Rt. Hon. A. J., as a golfer, 37, 90

Ball, Mr. John, 124

Balls, different kinds of, etc., 54, 58; price and quality of, 59; rival manufacturers, 112; points of good, 203; too far-driving, 240; used in a year, 285

Barry, Mr. A. G., 293

Belgium, golf in, 9

Biassed balls, 205

Bicycles and golf, 158

Blackheath golf course, 159

—— golfers, 160, 256

Bogey, 234; origin of, 237

Boulogne, golf at, 8

Braid, J., 26, 27, 293

Brassey, an ideal, 44

Briars hole at Hoylake, 125

Broughton, Capt., 53

Bruntsfield links, 77

—— —— Golf Club, 304

Buccleuch, Duke of, 299

Building estates and golf, 232

Bunkers, movable, 241

Caddies, 148

Cæsar’s pits on golf courses, 11

Cairo, golf at, 296

Calabar, golf at, 12

Campbell, Mr., of Saddell, 55

Canada, golf in, 10

Canary Islands, golf at the, 8

Carnoustie golf links, 141

Carry from drive, 196

Chaplains to golf clubs, 64

Charm of the game, 1

China, golf in, 8

Cinque Ports Golf Club, 145

Classification of courses, 134

Clergymen and golf, 61

Close seasons, 288

Clubs, names for, 41; ideal, 42; favourite, 114, 115

Cold weather, 289

Colonies, golf in, 10

Commercialism, 226

Community of interests, 179

Companion for golfing holiday, 125

Companions of old players, 47

Competitions, new, 242

County unions, 244

Courses, altering to suit new balls, 241

Crawford, “Big,” 40, 61

Croquet and golf, 174

Cruickshank, Mr., of Langley Park, 97

Deal golf links, 116, 136, 145

Dinners, golfing, 297, 299

Diplomacy and golf, 13

Disappointments, 33

Dog dropping ball in hole, 265

Drive, longest possible, 216

Driving, Prof. Tait on, 215

Dunn, the brothers, 50

East Indies, golf in the, 10

Ecstasy, greatest, in golf, 163

Eglinton, Earl of, 299

Egypt, golf in, 12, 294

Enthusiasm, greatest, 76

Errors, popular, 201

Examinations in rules, 243

Favourite holes and courses, 258

Feats of golf, 91, 111

Ferguson, Robert, 48

Flight of golf ball, 194

Footpaths and roads, 158

Forbes, Duncan, 221

Foursome, a famous, 140

France, golf in, 8

Frog in the hole, 263

Frosty days, 255

Future, concerning the, 30

Gate-money and golf, 230

Germany, golf in, 9

Gourlay, Douglas, 80

Government of the game, 244

Graham, Mr. John, junr., 124

Gravity and the golf ball, 197

Great Pyramid, 297

Gullane, golf at, 139

Haskell ball, invention of, 57; success of, 58

—— Mr. Coburn, 57

Health and golf, 291

Helouan, golf at, 296

Herd, A., 26, 152

Hilton, Mr. H. H., 29, 115, 259, 293

Holes, in process of changing, 267

Holidays, golfing companions on, 125; advice on, 127; returning from, 132

Holland, golf in, 9

Honourable Company of Edinburgh golfers, 64, 221, 300

Hope in golf, 3

Hoylake, golf links, 122, 137

Huntercombe course, 11

Hutchings, Mr. Chas., 293

Ideal clubs, 42

—— course, 259

Imaginary golf, 181

Impact, duration of, 200

International aspect of golf, 14

Italy, golf in, 9

Jones, Rowland, 26, 152

Kaiser William and golf, 9, 220

Kennedy, Lord, 97

Kent, golf in coast of, 144

Kilspindie golf course, 140

Kimberley, putting greens at, 10

King Edward VII. as captain of the Royal and Ancient Club, 220

—— James II., 224

—— of Spain as golfer, 220

—— William IV. medal, 190

Kinloch, Sir D., 299

Kirkaldy, Andrew, 27, 152, 290

Ladies’ golf, 85, 98

Laidlay, Mr. J. E., 92, 172, 295

Leith, golf at, 79, 224

Line of the putt, 272

London, as centre of game, 146

Long grass, 85

Macdonald, Mr. C. B., 260

MʻKellar, Alexander, 76

March, 24

Match-book, on keeping a, 17

Maxwell, Mr. Robert, 25

Medal play, 84

Mexico, golf in, 12; travelling in, 152

Midland Association, 244

Morris, Tom, junr., 47

—— Tom, senr., 50, 55, 140

Mother course, a golfer’s, 160

Motor-bicycles, 157

Motor-car, ball in, 270

Motoring and golf, 150

Mud, questions to Rules Committee about, 81

Muirfield golf links, 140

Names for clubs, 41

Napoleon’s camp, golf on, 8

National Golf Club, U.S.A., 259

Nature lover, golfer as, 193, 308

New Zealand, golf in, 10, 80

Night, match at, for £500, 96

North Berwick links, 25, 136, 139

—— —— old club, 299

October, 191

Old age, golf in, 291

Old-time golfers, 297

One, holing in, 86

Park, Mungo, 141

—— W., senr., 25, 141

Parliament, golf in, 278

Patersone, John, 226

Pegwell Bay, 147

Picture, valuable, hit by golf ball, 110

Polar golf, 11

Politics of the game, 244

Porthcawl golf links, 141

Practice stroke on putting green, 272

Prestwick golf links, 25, 136, 143

Pretoria, putting greens at, 10

Primitive instincts, 5

Prince’s Club, Sandwich, 145

Professional matches, 26

Put off, being, 157

Putting, in medal play, 83; hesitation in, 107; difficulties of, 166; psychology of, 169; thoughts during, 171; things hurtful to, 176; line in, 272

Putting green, curious, 10

Queen Adelaide Medal, 188

Rain on the links, 16

Resting from golf, 289

Rhodesia, golf in, 94

Risks of golf, 93

Riviera, golf on the, 294

Roads and footpaths, 158

Robb, Mr. James, 167, 172

Robertson, Allan, 47; fine play at St. Andrews, 49, 55, 140

Royal and Ancient Club, 41, 186, 247, 302

—— Liverpool Golf Club, 123, 277

—— Musselburgh Golf Club, 99, 304

—— St. George’s Golf Club, 145

Rules, points on the, 261

Rules Committee, 80

Russia, golf in, 9

St. Andrews, charm of, 118; by-laws at, 120; bunkers at, 121; class of links, 137; holes at, 158; autumn meeting at, 186; early times at, 221

St. Clair, Wm., of Roslin, 222

St. Petersburg, golf near, 9

Sandwich golf links, 138

—— Islands, golf in the, 10

Scientific investigations, 194

Score, keeping, in match play, 102

Seasons, changing, 192

Secret of the charm of the game, 1

Seed, sowing, 190

Selkirk decision, 274

September, 46

Shafts, socketed and scared, 255

Shakespeare and golf, 31, 34

Sheltering from bad weather, 254

Siam, Royal Bangkok Golf Club, 10

Snow, 306

Societies, golfing, 177

South Africa, golf in, 10, 95

—— America, golf in, 10

Spin of golf ball during flight, 198, 202, 208, 213, 214

Spring, 1, 15, 35

Statistics, 284

Stormont, Lord, 256

Sun on the links, 16

Sunningdale golf course, 136

Superstitions of golf, 114

Sussex Union, 244

Tait, F. G., his match-book, 21, 196, 220

—— Rev. J. H., 295

—— P. G., Professor, experiments and investigations in flight of golf ball, 194, 222

Tangier, golf at, 8

Taylor, J. H., 26, 27, 293

Tee shot, pleasure of hitting good, 163

Temple of golf, 219

Tests of balls, 206

Thibet, golf in, 10

Thoughtful study of the game, value of, 67

Trajectories of balls, 210, 212

Travelling for golf, 148, 156

Travis, Mr. W. J., 115, 171, 173

Triumvirate, the, 27, 28, 29

Troon golf links, 25, 136

Turkey, golf in, 10

Unions, golfing, 244

Vardon, H., 26, 27, 293

—— T., 27

Victoria Falls, ball driven over, 111

Vincent, Sir Edgar, 295

Walton Heath golf course, 11, 136

Wandering player, 118

Warwickshire County Union, 244

Water shots, 253

Weather, bad, 251

Wei-hai-wei, golf at, 8

Welsh Union, 244

White, Jack, 26, 29, 152

Wind in golf, 24

Winter, 251, 306

Worcestershire County Union, 244

Yorkshire Union, 244

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