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Ace Your Golf Game with GALILEO

In celebration of the Masters Tournament this week, we’d like to let you know that GALILEO offers quite a few golf publications and articles to help you keep up with golfing news and get tips for playing a great round.

MasterFILE Premier includes Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Golf World, Sports Illustrated, and more. You can also search for golf to see articles from a variety of magazines.

For a look at golf in Georgia, the New Georgia Encyclopedia has several interesting articles about the Masters Tournament and several golfers, including Bobby Jones, Tommy Aaron, Louise Suggs, and more. The Digital Library of Georgia includes many wonderful historical images of golfers and golf courses in the Vanishing Georgia and Picturing Augusta collections.

Finally, for an extensive history of the game of golf, see this thorough article from the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Image from the Vanishing Georgia collection in the Digital Library of Georgia

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