What was the very first golf instruction book?

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What was the very first golf instruction book?

2007-03-13 16:02:18 · 4 answers · asked by rono4102 1 in Sports ➔ Golf

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The first book of golf instruction can be firmly dated to this period, with the publication in 1857 of A Keen Hand, by H. B. Farnie.

1857

"The Golfer's Manual", by "A Keen Hand" (H.B. Farnie), is published. It is the first book on golf instruction.

2007-03-14 15:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by Daren M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Walter Travis, "Practical Golf"

2007-03-13 16:12:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Tiger Wood's "How I play Golf". great book to start off with.

2007-03-17 11:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by Drake 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋

I believe it was the worlds first paperback titled:

"Golf...and other four letter words that might get you divorced or brought before the inquesition!"

2007-03-13 16:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by LOOK INWARD 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋