During those autumn months of 1918, all around swell guy and American golf enthusiast H.B. Martin (Harry Brownlow Martin, 1873 – 1965), not one to dally on the links when there are hard questions to be asked, approached the champions of the game with one query in mind:
“What is the ONE essential thing in golf?”
As you will read for yourself, he came away with many different responses.
Isaac Mackie Golfer 1918Jack Horns Golfer 1918CW Singleton Golfer 1918George McLean Golfer 1918James Barnes Golfer 1918Tom Boyd Golfer 1918James Fraser Golfer 1918James Braid Golfer 1870 - 1950Harry Vardon Golfer 1870 - 1959Walter Hagan Golfer 1892 - 1969TR Whitehead Golfer 1918Tom Smith Golfer 1918Tom McNamara Golfer 1918McDonald Smith Golfer 1918Gil Nicholls Golfer 1918
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Isaac Mackie Golfer 1918Jack Horns Golfer 1918CW Singleton Golfer 1918George McLean Golfer 1918James Barnes Golfer 1918Tom Boyd Golfer 1918James Fraser Golfer 1918James Braid Golfer 1870 - 1950Harry Vardon Golfer 1870 - 1959Walter Hagan Golfer 1892 - 1969TR Whitehead Golfer 1918Tom Smith Golfer 1918Tom McNamara Golfer 1918McDonald Smith Golfer 1918Gil Nicholls Golfer 1918
