Pocket Encyclopedia of Golf

Over the last century, golf has evolved from a pastime of the rich and privileged into an international professional sport, played and followed by millions. Great champions of the past decades - Nicklaus, Palmer and Player -have become household names, while contemporary stars such as Tiger Woods are instantly recognized anywhere on the globe from their television appearances. Every day a new course opens somewhere in the world, and thousands of fresh players take up the sport every year.