Title: Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of the United States Golf Association, 1897 Author: USGA Place: New York Publisher: [Privately printed for the USGA by] Arthur, Mountain & Co. Date: 1897 Description: [1 blank leaf], 52 pp. + 1 blank leaf. 6¾x5, original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, original gilt-stamped floral-patterned endpapers. Rare third USGA 1897 Constitution/By-Laws annual. The first of these rules was issued in 1895. The USGA organized in December, 1894. The USGA was created to settle a dispute that arose in 1894 when two clubs – St. Andrew’s Golf Club [New York] and Newport Country Club – each staged invitational tournaments and declared the winner as the national champion. The resulting confusion highlighted the need for a national governing body to conduct national championships, administer the rules, and oversee the regulations regarding amateur status. On December 22, 1894, representatives of five clubs came together in New York City to found the USGA….One of the most important functions of the Association is conformance testing of new golf equipment, a role it has embraced for nearly 100 years” – Donovan & Jerris, p. 762. Only two copies of this book located by OCLC / Worldcat. Lot Amendments Condition: Small spots of soiling to covers; hinges cracked; a few pages within with scattered faint surface wear; very good. Item number: 245261
Title: Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of the United States Golf Association, 1897 Author: USGA Place: New York Publisher: [Privately printed for the USGA by] Arthur, Mountain & Co. Date: 1897 Description: [1 blank leaf], 52 pp. + 1 blank leaf. 6¾x5, original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, original gilt-stamped floral-patterned endpapers. Rare third USGA 1897 Constitution/By-Laws annual. The first of these rules was issued in 1895. The USGA organized in December, 1894. The USGA was created to settle a dispute that arose in 1894 when two clubs – St. Andrew’s Golf Club [New York] and Newport Country Club – each staged invitational tournaments and declared the winner as the national champion. The resulting confusion highlighted the need for a national governing body to conduct national championships, administer the rules, and oversee the regulations regarding amateur status. On December 22, 1894, representatives of five clubs came together in New York City to found the USGA….One of the most important functions of the Association is conformance testing of new golf equipment, a role it has embraced for nearly 100 years” – Donovan & Jerris, p. 762. Only two copies of this book located by OCLC / Worldcat. Lot Amendments Condition: Small spots of soiling to covers; hinges cracked; a few pages within with scattered faint surface wear; very good. Item number: 245261
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