Jeu de Maille (Malie) à la chicane, 1678

Cavaliers contest a singles match mail à la chicane, the cross-country variant of mail, accompanied by their caddie who carries replacement balls, mallets and a 'lève', a specialist club for the elevated scoring shot.

Oil painting on canvas by Willem Schellincks (1678).

Bron: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

Literatuur

 Golf through the ages by Michael Flannery, pages 129. January 2004