The Secret History of Golf in Scotland Author:Duncan MacPherson This story about golf takes place in 16th Century Scotland and is inspired by the earliest historical records about the greatest game. In it Ian MacPherson, a dirt poor farmer and so-so golfer, decides he must win his towns annual golfing tournament or face financial ruin. Galbraith, the Scottish Laird who rules the area, has financial problems ... more »of his own and also has designs on the tournament. He hires a golfing ringer from Edinburgh, Black Bart, to try and steal the tournament from the locals. Along with fascinating descriptions about early golf, there is plenty of earthy humor, cruel deception and local Scottish color. The author is a descendant of the MacPherson clan and swears at least some of what happens is fact, passed down to him from family stories.« less