Bernard Darwin Hand Written Letter To Golf Writer Pat Ward Thomas
No less an authority then fellow Hall of Fame golf writer Herbert Warren Wind had this to say about Darwin: "To start at the beginning, Bernard Darwin is the greatest writer on golf the world has ever known. He is much more than that. He may be the greatest of all sportswriters." When he wasn't writing he could usually be found on a golf course displaying that he was a skilled player of the game as well as a chronicler of the sport. He competed in the 1922 first Walker Cup winning his singles match 3 and 1 over U.S. captain W.C. Fownes, Jr. He also was a semifinalist in the 1909 and 1921 British Amateur. Darwin was recognized also as the captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in 1934.
Offered here from the Hall of Fame golf writer Darwin is a one page handwritten letter penned on September 3, 1957 from Dormy House Club, Sussex, England. Full Bernard Darwin preferred signature, as the majority of his letters were only signed B.D.
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