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SELECTIONS ON GOLF FROM VANITY FAIR 1913-1914 By Marshall Whitlatch.

Narrated by Joseph Tabler

Intro to the five-article series -

Yet,s Mr. Whitlatch—a golfer of reputation—goes so far as to set down as an axiom "The. more brains, the more strokes," and to work out from this rather startling premise a system that enables him to play the Oakland course with a gross score of 72. For the benefit of the readers of "Dress & Vanity Fair," we have asked Mr. Whitlatch to prepare a series of articles developing his theory to its logical and practical conclusion.

The first of a Winter Series of articles on golf by Mr. Whitlatch, in which he will tell: the readers of "Dress & Vanity Fair" how he has improved his own game by eliminating all the mental or thinking part of the game and making it a strictly physical exercise.

(from 2nd article Intro) In the article following Mr. Whitlatch discusses the extreme, almost unbelievable, simplicity of good golf.

(from 3rd article Intro) Continuing his argument for muscle vs. mind in golf, Mr. Whitlatch in this paper (the third of his series) discusses the little one-foot arc that makes all the difference between the greatest and the worst player that ever stepped on the green.

from searching online:

Marshall Whitlatch Wins Advertisers' Championship at Pinehurst. Jan 19, 1913, New York Times.

"There is evidence that the first nine was designed by Marshall Whitlatch, a local professional and one-time head professional at Burning Tree..." (1928) re: Army Navy Country Club - Arlington golf course.

CONTENTS

001_Mind vs. Muscle in Golf Dec 1913

002_Mind vs. Muscles Jan 1914

003_The Master Path Feb 1914

004_Montessori Methods in Golf March 1914

005_The Pendulum Fallacy Apr 1914

**All historians have some bias or slant. And of course, their works were written at a different time than our own. More can be learned about this author in his Wikipedia entry.

Audio cover picture - Photo of Harry Vardon's grip from Marshall Whitlatch's book Golf For Beginnings (1910) and artwork from Vanity

Fair Feb.1914.

Available Audio Books - The books I read for you may have a few extraneous sounds and will be imperfectly read and produced. Hopefully, you will excuse any defects, as these Old books are quite unlikely to become audio books otherwise and still have great value. Joseph Tabler. Aloha. Read online at Archive.org and/or HathiTrust.org

Audio copyright 2024 by Joseph Tabler.

Note - This book is 'read as written'. It was originally published from 1913-1914. It is in the public domain.