ANCIENT & ROYAL

GOLF BEFORE GRAPHITE

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“I look into their eyes, shake their hand, pat their back, and wish them luck, but I am thinking, 'I am going to bury you.”

Seve Ballesteros

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Waiting.

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Bobby Jones and Paul Runyan are seen during the first day's play of the $5,000 Augusta National Invitational at Augusta, Ga., March 22, 1934. (AP Photo)

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April 1, 1936: Horton Smith practices for the Augusta National Invitational at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.. Horton won the first edition of the tournament in 1934. (AP Photo)

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April 12, 1942: Ben Hogan, left and Byron Nelson are shown during the Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., after they tied with a score of 280 at the conclusion of the 72-hole. Nelson beat Hogan in the 18-hole playoff. (AP Photo)

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"Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose."

Sir Winston Churchill

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Ben Hogan, Los Angeles Open, Riviera Country Club, January 1950.

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The Greatest. 

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Cool Skirt. 

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Old Tom Morris (1860). 

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Clothes Ad.

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The Mike Austin School. 

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Early Birds.

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Augusta national.

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Quite a blade.

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Player, Palmer, Nicklaus. 

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Arnold Palmer & Bag.