{"product_id":"the-long-golden-afternoon-stephen-proctor-9781913759049","title":"The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed one of 10 Best Golf Books in 2022 by LINKS Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2023 Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise of Young Tom Morris - an era of sweeping change that saw Scotland's national pastime become one of the rare games played around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins with the first epochal performance after Tommy - John Ball's victory at Prestwick in 1890 as the first Englishman and the first amateur to win the Open Championship - and continues through the outbreak of the Great War. If Tommy ignited the flame of golf in England, Ball's breakthrough turned that smoldering fire into a conflagration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe generation that followed would witness the game's coming of age. It would see an explosion in golf's popularity, the invention of revolutionary new balls and clubs, the emergence of professional tours, the organization of the game and its rules, a renaissance in writing and thinking about golf, and the decision that the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews must always remain the sport's guiding light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautifully crafted examination of a period in the history of golf that will never again be witnessed. It is not to be missed' - Jim Davis, The Golf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Proctor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913759040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913759049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arena Sport\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.36w x 1.20d","brand":"Stephen Proctor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075152900351,"sku":"9781913759049","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37fccba2-321b-4ae8-8ecf-b2aaf720d724.jpg?v=1685457905","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-golden-afternoon-stephen-proctor-9781913759049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}