Monarch of the Green

Young Tom Morris, the son of the legendary pioneer of golf, Tom Morris, was golf's first superstar.Born at a pivotal moment in history, just as the new and inexpensive 'gutty' ball was making golf affordable and drawing thousands of new players to the game, his genius and his swashbuckling personality would set a game that had been frozen in amber for four centuries on the pathway to becoming worldwide spectator sport we know today.Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of Tommy's life (which also includes, for the first time, a compilation of his competitive record in stroke-play tournaments, singles matches, and foursomes) and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.

Tanarul Tom Morris, fiul legendarului pionier al golfului, Tom Morris, a fost primul superstar al golfului. Nascut intr-un moment esential din istorie, la fel cum noua si ieftina minge „gutty” facea golf accesibil si atragea mii de jucatori noi catre jocul, geniul sau si personalitatea lui plina de viata ar stabili un joc care a fost inghetat in chihlimbar timp de patru secole pe drumul spre a deveni sport de spectatori la nivel mondial pe care il cunoastem astazi. din viata lui Tommy (care include, pentru prima data, o compilatie a palmaresului sau competitiv in turnee de tip stroke-play, meciuri la simplu si foursomes) si demonstreaza cum, intr-un deceniu orbitor, acest tanar superstar a dominat sportul, asa cum putini facut vreodata.