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GOLFIKA
DUPONT, CHAMPION DE GOLF
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| | Published in 1913 by Raymond Baert (really Bollaert), this is certainly one of the
oldest book of golf humor. In 42 drawings, it tells us the charming and mocking story of a
middle class french man who's discovering golf.
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| | Each page is a black and white drawing. In total 42. An english edition was published
the same year (Lawrence & Jellicoe, Londres, n.d., 1913). Strangely, Murdoch and then Donavan & Murdoch
(#5950) give only 40 pages !
A few pictures are reproduced below. Click to enlarge.
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| | I'll be hanged if
| Unbounded pride
| Let's see
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| | One ... two
| Addicting game
| Champion of free game
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| | More recently, two re-editions were issued. One in France by Alain Boquet en 1992
(ISBN 2-906708-08-9) and a second by Michael Flannery in 2001 (no ISBN). The latter exists both in
French and English.
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| | To finish, notice that Raymond's son, Edouard Bollaert, published in 1977 "Carnet de
Balles" ("Dance card" - playing on words, as in french a dance is a "bal" close to "ball"). Hard to
classify (humor, poetry, art ...) this book is outstanding for its quality. Main French clubs are lsited.
A wink to #84, Golf du Vaudreuil :
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| Le Vaudreuil est très long, vous disent les grands-pères.
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| Dads say "The Vaudreuil course is long"
| | Les bois de leurs enfants leurs donnent la réponse
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| Their son's woods give the answer
| | Club House très beau. Mais ce que je préfère
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| Marvelous Club House. But what I prefer
| | Sont les merveilleux greens ! L'herbe est si régulière
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| Are the marvelous greens ! Grass is so smoothed
| | Qu'une Maxime dit que souvent on la ponce ...
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| That a Maxime says that often it is pounced ...
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| | To fully understand this poem, you have to know that Maxime Pons
(pounce - rub down) was a Director at the French Federation of Golf and member at Le Vaudreuil.
The Maxime Pons trophy is played there each year.
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