Old Friends #4 - "My Favourite Club" by Stephen Proctor
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I can think of no thrill in golf to compare with that of watching in awe as a purely struck brassie sails toward the flag, bounces once in front of the green and rolls inexorably to within a few feet of the cup. It is nothing less than a moment of communion with the supreme master of that club, John Ball, Jr, the first Englishman to win the Open and champion of an unthinkable eight Amateurs. Ball was so remorselessly long and straight with his woods that it struck fear in the heart of his opponents.
Old Friends #4 - "My Favourite Club" by Stephen Proctor
Old Friends #4 - "My Favourite Club" by…
Old Friends #4 - "My Favourite Club" by Stephen Proctor
I can think of no thrill in golf to compare with that of watching in awe as a purely struck brassie sails toward the flag, bounces once in front of the green and rolls inexorably to within a few feet of the cup. It is nothing less than a moment of communion with the supreme master of that club, John Ball, Jr, the first Englishman to win the Open and champion of an unthinkable eight Amateurs. Ball was so remorselessly long and straight with his woods that it struck fear in the heart of his opponents.