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قراءة كتاب The Soul of Golf
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class="smcap">The Master Stroke
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PLATE | FACE PAGE | |
| George Duncan | Frontispiece | |
| I. | Harry Vardon's grip | 16 |
| II. | Harry Vardon. Stance and frontal address in short put | 38 |
| III. | Harry Vardon at the top of his swing | 60 |
| IV. | Harry Vardon at the top of his swing in the drive | 82 |
| V. | J. H. Taylor at the top of his swing in the drive | 104 |
| VI. | Harry Vardon. The finish of his drive | 124 |
| VII. | Harry Vardon. The finish of the drive | 146 |
| VIII. | Edward Ray. Finish of drive | 168 |
| IX. | James Braid. Finish of stroke | 190 |
| X. | Harry Vardon. Finish of a drive | 212 |
| XI. | James Braid. Finish of drive | 234 |
| XII. | George Duncan. A characteristic finish | 256 |
| XIII. | J. Sherlock. Stance and address for iron-shot | 278 |
| XIV. | J. Sherlock. Top of swing in iron-shot | 304 |
| XV. | J. Sherlock. Finish of iron-shot | 330 |
CHAPTER I
THE SOUL OF GOLF
Nearly every one who writes about a game essays to prove that it is similar to "the great game, the game of life." Golf has not escaped; and numberless scribes in endeavouring to account for the fascination of golf have used the old threadbare tale. As a matter of fact, golf is about as unlike the game of life as any game could well be. As played now it has come to be almost an exact science, and everybody knows exactly what one is trying to do. This would not be mistaken for a description of the game of life. In that game a man may be hopelessly "off the line," buried "in the rough," or badly "bunkered," and nobody be the wiser. It is not so in golf. There is no double life here. All