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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Delighted to receive this wonderful review of Matchless in The Golf, journal of The Golf Heritage Society in the U.S. 🙏

Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Bernard Darwin, the soldier, from his April 1916 column in Golf Illustrated entitled “Our Foreign Letter” and written from the military base at Aldershot during the Great War.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Breaking news: My third work of narrative golf history — Matchless — is now available for pre-order. It’s available everywhere on Amazon, but I prefer you order in the U.S. from Barnes and Noble online or in the U.K. from bookshop.org, as I am a big fan of bookstores.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Back to my favorite pastime — rummaging through wartime issues of Golf Illustrated in preparation for writing an article for @thelinksdiary — when what should I stumble across but a full page print of one of my heroes, John Henry Taylor, golf’s Indispensable Man!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It’s a faded old photo — but still a treasure. My father, my son and me playing farm golf at Wittsend. I miss my dad terribly, but am proud to see that my son has become a wonderful father himself. Happy Father’s Day everyone!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Quotable: Wyatt Earp on his friend Doc Holliday.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

What a way to wake up — finding a gift of two sporty flat caps from my pal @JimHHartsell — the Bard of Western Scotland!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Quotable: Prescient words from the great Jimmy Demaret in Charles Price’s Golfer-at-Large, up next on The Duffer’s Literary Companion.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Announcement: The release of the next episode of The Duffer’s Literary Companion is being delayed a week — until Friday May 9 — as @JimHHartsell has been traveling in Scotland and I’ve been hosting pals from The Sun. Charles Price will be worth waiting for, I promise.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I’m preparing to host old golf pals from The Baltimore Sun. One was the photo editor, and thus a sly dog with technology. He just sent this photoshopped image, which I could not resist sharing. 😂

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Thrilled to see the municipal golf project that has been my passion in retirement features in Golf Course Industry Magazine.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Back at my happy place in Jersey City — an art collector’s rental flat known as the Norton House. These were among the new treasures that awaited. Another treasure, Skyway Golf Course, is on tap tomorrow.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

One more wee wander down the rabbit hole and I will have experienced the bulk of this man’s literary genius. One thing is certain even before I begin. A new name has been added to the list of my favorite writers. ✍️

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Naturally, I could not resist Darwin’s take on my current literary obsession with Robert Louis Stevenson. Enjoy!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

And further down the rabbit hole I go . . .

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

My editor at Birlinn has now read Matchless, and I’ve addressed his queries, so it’s on to publication later this year. Fun facts: Only one golfer — John Ball Jr — has won more Amateurs than Glenna Collett. Joyce Wethered played 166 matches lifetime and won 152 of them. 🤯

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’m a bit down the rabbit hole on Mr Stevenson, I freely admit, but I’ve come to realize that the most brilliant thing he’s ever done might well be thus children’s classic.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Absolutely swept away by this book. It has given me a new appreciation of the personal and literary genius of Robert Louis Stevenson. It has also introduced me to the extraordinary woman whose love kept Stevenson alive and whose partnership inspired and elevated his brilliance.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Quotable: A moment of brilliance from Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

That’s a wrap. The manuscript for Matchless — the story of these two incomparable women — is off to the publisher. Let the process of making it into a book begin! It should be out come Christmas. #golfhistory

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Super cool tournament swag — a classy two-sided flag. 👌

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Because of the holidays, the next episode of The Duffer’s Literary Companion will be released on January 10th. It features Andrew Greig’s classic Preferred Lies. Stay tuned!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Wonderful gift from my daughter this holiday — a framed print of The Great Glenna! Matchless!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Saw this yesterday at my local community theatre. It was an absolute delight! It must have been a gas to be in the studio audience for the broadcast of a live radio play. That’s a rabbit hole I could see myself wandering down.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

It’s mid December, so it’s only natural that Wittsend Farm would be abloom with the wee white flower known locally as “Florida snow.”

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

On his 80th birthday, walking and carrying at Walton Heath, James Braid went around in 81. During his lifetime, he made a 2 on every hole of both courses at that classic venue, not to mention 18 holes in one. All hail James Braid! @jimhhartsell.bsky.social

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It’s feels like 51 degrees at Wittsend Farm. In Florida that qualifies as freezing. Time for a warm by the hearth.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

For St Andrews Day, what better than a poem from this charming volume about The City of Golf? Enjoy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sometimes a picture (or sketch) really is worth 1,000 words. Here, from The Architectural Side of Golf, Tom Simpson shows how strategic design transforms a dull 9-hole course into a brilliant one. This seminal work is next up on The Duffer’s Literary Companion. Tune in!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

No one waits for Black Friday now, so I may as well suggest that this festive season you give the gift of Golf Before the War — a two volume tale that begins with the rise of Young Tommy and continues through the emergence of the Great Triumvirate. Happy Holiday!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My favorite swing tip is from this 1886 book: “It is most important that you should keep your eye fixedly on the ball from the moment the clubhead is lifted off the ground until the moment the ball is actually struck.” The word “fixedly” does it for me.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

What better to come home to after a golf trip with friends than this truly magnificent publication— and the tale of a father-son trip to St Andrews that is just about the loveliest thing I’ve ever read. 💔 I am proud to call you a friend Jim Hartsell.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My first visit to beautiful Lake Lure in NC since the horrifying tragedy that was Hurricane Helene. It’s a terribly sad sight even still. 😞 But the spirit of the people here is amazing, and better days lie ahead.

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Given all the discussion this weekend about slow play on the LPGA Tour I could not resist posting the opening of Darwin’s classic essay, The People in Front. Enjoy!

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Stephen Proctor @sproctorgolf.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Update: I’ve completed the first draft of my latest book, Matchless, the story of Joyce Wethered, Glenna Collett and the rise of women’s golf. Coming to a bookseller near you at Christmas 2025!

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