Re: Period Golf ?

[PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)]

Poster: PETERSR@spiegel.becltd.com (Peters, Rise J.)

Well unless there's a reason to think the courses are radically different, 
why not sponsor a trip to a modern golf course for a group playing by period 
rules and with period clubs?  If you pick a nine-hole course to start out 
with, most of the folks won't be such high-powered agressive players that 
they won't have a sense of humor about your odd equipment and behavior!  I 
am a completely hopeless golfer and I think this sounds like an absolute 
blast.
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From: "Thorpe, John"
To: PETERSR; atlantia
Subject: Re: Period Golf ?
Date: Tuesday, March 11, 1997 2:40PM




Poster: "Thorpe, John" <thorpj@caepo1.columbiaSC.NCR.COM>


Greetings from Eldred!

Scripsit Dominus Herveus:
>Posted and mailed to the Atlantian mailing list...
>
>In article <332101aa.4323604@news.whc.net>,
>Carl W. Lemke <clemke@whc.net> wrote:
>>Has anyone done any research on period golf, or know of any good
>>reference works.  Golf was certainly a 16th century activity. It has
>>occurred to me that some of us might make period clubs and set up a
>>course and play by period rules at an event.  Don't anyone tell my
>>lady about this!!
>>
>>Walthari
>>
>>Carl W. Lemke
>
>Torquil MacTaggart the Steadfast (Atlantia) has done some research into
>period golf. He taught a class on it at University of Atlantia a couple
>of years ago, and registered the first piece of armory with golf clubs
>on it. I don't know if he reads this newsgroup, or even if he is online.

No to both.  Lord Torquil does not have online access.  However,
there are a number of people who live near him that do....If one of
them were willing to pass along a message for you, that would work
as well.  I know that Torquil has actually used his clubs on a mundane
course to play a round of golf.  As far as "setting up a course"...egads,
I can't even imagine how you would manage that....

In service,
Eldred


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