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Golf has been considered a strange pastime, by players and non-players alike, since its inception in Scotland half a millennium ago. In Curiosities of Golf , Jonathan Rice has turned up the truly unusual in the course of the game's history— Chico the dog, who was made a member of the Waihi Golf Club in New Zealand because of his "infallible gift for finding balls;" Bob Hope, who shot a hole-in-one at the age of 90; King Hassan of Morocco, whose personal golf course was turned into a prison camp during a coup attempt; or the course in Uganda where balls may be placed no nearer the hole without penalty if they land in a hippo's footprint measuring more than 18 inches in diameter and two inches deep.
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Curiosities of Golf, Jonathan Rice
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- Released
- 1995
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- Title
- Curiosities of Golf
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jonathan Rice
- Publisher
- Pavilion
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 185793671X
- ISBN13
- 9781857936711
- Series
- Tags
- Children's Books, Sports, Humor, References & Manuals, Activities, Crafts & Games, Jokes & Anecdotes, Golf, Quizzes
- Description
- Golf has been considered a strange pastime, by players and non-players alike, since its inception in Scotland half a millennium ago. In Curiosities of Golf , Jonathan Rice has turned up the truly unusual in the course of the game's history— Chico the dog, who was made a member of the Waihi Golf Club in New Zealand because of his "infallible gift for finding balls;" Bob Hope, who shot a hole-in-one at the age of 90; King Hassan of Morocco, whose personal golf course was turned into a prison camp during a coup attempt; or the course in Uganda where balls may be placed no nearer the hole without penalty if they land in a hippo's footprint measuring more than 18 inches in diameter and two inches deep.