Matchless (eBook)

Joyce Wethered, Glenna Collett and the Rise of Women's Golf

Stephen Proctor (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
272 Seiten
Arena Sport (Verlag)
978-1-78885-796-3 (ISBN)

Infos

'Finally – a book that truly captures the inspiring and uniquely gifted women from a largely forgotten golfing age. A wonderful read from start to finish' – Iona Stephen, Sky Sports presenter, commentator and host
From the moment women began hosting championships of their own in 1893, one of golf's burning questions became whether any woman would ever approach the mythical ideal of playing perfect golf. It took three decades of striving – at a time when Suffragettes were stubbornly fighting for women's rights – before Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett delivered an unequivocal answer to that question.
From their first meeting at Troon in 1925, through a decade highlighted by their breathtaking match at St Andrews, the Englishwoman and the American brought out in one another golf so sublime that rare was the player, man or woman, who could perform as brilliantly.
The rivalry between Wethered and Collett generated such widespread interest and respect that it paved the way for the birth of a women's professional tour. Matchless tells the story of these two incomparable golfers – women who personified the ambitions of their age.

Autor

Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. He is the author of Monarch of the Green (Shortlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2020 Biography of the Year) and The Long Golden Afternoon (shortlisted for the Sunday Times 2023 Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing, and the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award) and lives in Malabar, Florida.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.10.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 12pp b/w plates
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: 10 Books that Belong on Every Golfer’s Shelf • 1920s • Britain • Catriona Matthew • Christmas Golf Gifts • Early 20th Century • Glenna Collett • golf gifts • golf history • golfing history • history of golf • history of women's sport • International rivalry • Iona Stephen • Joyce Wethered • Old Course St Andrews • Royal Troon • Sky Sports • SkySports • Sport History • sporting women • suffragettes • The Old Course hotel • United States • Wall Street Journal • Women in golf • Women in Sport • womens' game • Women's history • women's rights • Women's Sport
• ISBN-10: 1-78885-796-8 / 1788857968
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78885-796-3 / 9781788857963