A Box of Matches Containing Forty Ways to Play Golf or The Handicappers Hoyle. This item is unavailable.A Box of Matches Containing Forty Ways to Play Golf or The Handicappers Hoyle

Illustrated. 48 pages. Very scarce promotional booklet by one of the pioneers of American golf. Born in Waterbury Connecticut, Fenn caught golf fever at age 36 in Aiken South Carolina in 1894. Playing off scratch within a year, Fenn won several important amateur tourneys (even the Maine Open in 1918). He laid out his first golf course in 1895 in his hometown while also managing the Waumbeck Hotel in New Hampshire, designing a course there. Next came Poland Spring House in Maine (9 holes 1896) where he remained for 25 years as course manager and resident professional. A. H. Fenn is regarded as America's first native-born golf professional. His daughter Bessie Fenn is regarded as America's first native female golf professional, taking over duties from her dad at the prestigious Palm Beach Country Club upon A. H.'s death in 1925. Very uncommon. Front cover stained at center edge affecting the first three pages in diminishing degrees. Light foxing to rear cover. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. …