Holiday Gift Guide A Game Of Golf By Francis Ouimet, Signed By Ben Crenshaw, Limited Edition, Binder's Copy, 2004 Perfect For Gifting [CAs9wnPI]

Presented is a Limited Edition, Binder’s Copy of A Game of Golf by Francis Ouimet. First published in 1932, A Game of Golf is the eloquent memoir of one of the game's most honored players. This special printing was published by Sports Media Group in 2004 and is beautifully bound by Felton Bookbinding Ltd. It is bound in full burgundy leather boards with blind tooling on the front and back boards, gilt embossed titles to the front board, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt stamps to the spine, new marbled endpapers bordered, and a matching cloth slipcase. It has a new Foreword by Ben Crenshaw and is signed by Crenshaw on the limitation page. 

Francis Ouimet (1893-1967) was an unknown twenty-year-old amateur and former caddie when he upset famed British golfers Harry Vardon and Ted Ray to win the 1913 U.S. Open. That astonishing victory with 10-year-old caddie Eddie Lowery at his side, playing at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, made him America's first golf hero and forever altered the image of golf as a game dominated by players from England and Scotland.

This eloquent memoir by Ouimet tells the story of what it was like to compete during the golden age of American golf. He chronicles the boyhood he spent in Brookline, Massachusetts, scavenging for golf balls and clubs, learning to play on a homemade, three-hole course in his backyard, and sneaking onto The Country Club’s fairways to practice in the early morning hours. He recounts his caddying years, starting at age nine, the early amateur competitions, and the momentous 1913 U.S. Open tournament on his neighborhood course. 

Ouimet’s illustrious career journeys across the fairways of Hoylake, St. Andrews, Garden City, and Pebble Beach, and concludes with his victory in the 1931 U.S. National Amateur at Beverly Hills in Chicago. Brimming with exciting matches and great players like Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, these humble reminiscences of the working-class kid who changed the game of golf will inspire golf enthusiasts and general readers alike. 

Book Dimensions: 9 3/8" H x 6 3/8" W x 1 5/16" D.
Slipcase Dimensions: 9 3/4" H x 6 9/16" W x 1 5/8" D.