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Miriam Burns Horn – A Golf Champion Remembered

11 November 2024 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

A Miriam Burns Collage ... playing in 1921, the iconic Hollywood profile photo from 1927 and playing in 1928.

Several academic studies have been conducted to understand why once-famous people, such as sporting champions, are forgotten over time, some quicker than others. Conclusions about the reason for this vary, including ... The natural forgetfulness of Homo sapiens. Immediate focus on the current (champions), displacing the focus on the previous (champions). The death … [Read more...] about Miriam Burns Horn – A Golf Champion Remembered

Joyce Wethered – From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach

17 May 2024 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

Featured Image ... Pictures of Joyce Wethered with Bobby Jones and with Sam Parks and from the match at Brook-Lea Country Club, all set against a background image of Pebble Beach.

Thousands of articles and column inches have been written and continue to be written about Joyce Wethered, almost exclusively concentrating on her championship years (1920-1929). This article, Joyce Wethered - From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach, complements the journalistic critical mass by primarily focusing on her post-championship years (1930-1935), particularly her … [Read more...] about Joyce Wethered – From Piccadilly to Pebble Beach

Ada Mackenzie – Part III, Trailblazing Champion

14 April 2021 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

Ada Mackenzie pictured at the 1932 Bermuda Invitational Tournament, by kind permission of the Ladies' Golf Club of Toronto

Part III of our series showcasing the remarkable life and golfing career of Ada Mackenzie covers the period 1925 to 1935 when unquestionably she cemented her place in the elite constellation of champion women golfers and was a trailblazer on and off the Links. If you have not read Part I, which narrated Ada's time growing up as a student and outstanding sportswoman at … [Read more...] about Ada Mackenzie – Part III, Trailblazing Champion

Ada Mackenzie – Part I, Havergal College Alumna

4 February 2021 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

A photograph of Ada Mackenzie (circa. 1920) set against the backdrop of Mississaugua Golf and Country Club

In one of his several quotes on the subject, the world-renowned French philosopher Henri Bergson stated that for Homo sapiens sapiens: 'It is the function of the brain to enable us to not remember but to forget' Set against that philosophical proposition, I believe it is incumbent upon us all, in particular golf historians (or in my case someone who just really enjoys the … [Read more...] about Ada Mackenzie – Part I, Havergal College Alumna

James Douglas Edgar – A Bonny Lad, An Unsolved Death

1 December 2020 By Paul @ Golfing Herald

A collage of photos of James Douglas Edgar...clockwise from left to right...coaching at Northumberland GC, Profile pre WW1, Headstone, Raising funds for WW1 in 1915

I had the pleasure of playing a round of golf with John Pearson at York Golf Club, a beautiful and challenging heathland course situated 2-3 miles north of the historic city of York, England. John is Secretary (and a Trustee) of the Women Golfers' Museum and for many years he was the Editor of the British Golf Collectors Society magazine 'Through The Green'...and thus someone … [Read more...] about James Douglas Edgar – A Bonny Lad, An Unsolved Death

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