The book is about the history of the golf course on the Gog Magog hills from when it was first marked out in 1898.  It also covers the geology and human history of the hills themselves and the folklore that surrounds their name.  Golf in Cambridge began with the formation of the University Golf Club in 1869 (mostly for undergraduates) and developed from there until the Gog Magog golf club was formed in 1901 for the graduate members of the University.  Thereafter the Old Course evolved with input from famous golf course architect and of course the members themselves.  The story took some piecing together, involving detailed research in archives, the discovery of important correspondence, some old course plans and previously unknown photographs from the ground and the air.  The result is a comprehensive story of the entire history of the Old Course.