Sir Walter Simpson's classic was the first book in the history of the game to use photographs of golfers in action to illustrate the swing and execution of different shots. This depiction of the past conveys precisely what it was like to be a gentleman golfer in Scotland in 1887.Because of the enormous changes the game has seen in the past hundred years, much of the instruction is dated. But The Art of Golf couldn't be more up-to-date in its observations of the psychology of the golfer. Simpson writes for the middle-handicap golfer, who then, like today, will never achieve greatness but always has hope that some new technique, trick or attitude will improve his game.