Tommy's Honour: The Extraordinary Story of Golf's Founding Father and Son

Tommy's Honour: The Extraordinary Story of Golf's Founding Father and Son image
ISBN-10:

0007271247

ISBN-13:

9780007271245

Author(s): Cook, Kevin
Released: Jan 01, 2008
Format: Paperback, 355 pages
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Description:

Old Tom Morris grew up a stone's throw away from golf's ancestral home at St. Andrews. After winning the Open Championship three times he became head of the Royal & Ancient, the governing body of golf. His son, Young Tom, was a golfing genius who at 17 became the youngest playerto this dayto win the Open Championship. Young Tom won the Open four times in a rowan unprecedented achievementand together father and son stood as both founding figures in the world of golf and national celebrities. The sudden and unexpected deaths of Young Tom’s wife and unborn child, however, eventually lead to his tragic death at age 24, leaving Old Tom to mourn for another two decades. This is the inspiring and heart-wrenching story of the father-son team who together formed a record-breaking golfing dynasty.


























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