The recent valuable and generous donation of golf books from Sam Martz to UBC Library has been featured in several newspapers.
The Globe and Mail, Sept. 5, 2007
“Fifty years in the making, collection of golf books ‘is the big leagues’.”
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The National Post, Sept. 5, 2007
“The 81-year-old retired businessman recently donated his 4,730-volume collection of books about golf, valued at some $450,000, to the University of British Columbia.”
Read more from the article, “Work on your swing and your Ph.D at the same time!: UBC’s Golf-book bounty,” by Adam McDowell.
The Ubyssey, Oct. 23, 2007
“When I first heard about the collection, I thought to myself, how will this work? Will this work in a rare books area at a university?” said Ralph Stanton, [Head] librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections. “Then you see the collection and you realise there has to be scholarly interest in this material, its not just for golfers.”
Read more from the article, “UBC receives half million dollars in golf books,” by Jeff Blake.
The Vancouver Province, Jan. 13, 2008
“With all the books he has collected on the subject, Sam Martz should be the best or most-confused golfer on the planet since there seems to be a race between authors writing books instructing you on swing improvements and psychologists reconstructing your golf mind.”
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