Having once sold him a driver, I can vouch for Martyn Turner as a golfer of impeccable perception. But thankfully, he approaches the Royal and Ancient game with the same, savage irreverence we have come to expect from his political cartoons.

Now, both these talents have been brought together in The Golfer's Guide to World History. This is a compilation of 65 previously unpublished cartoons which establish hitherto unsuspected links between golf and events which shaped the course of history.

Published by Blackstaff Press at Stg£9.99, it goes on sale on Friday in all major bookstores, and is certain to delight those readers who enjoy Turner's regular contributions to this newspaper.

In typical Turner fashion, none of the major figures of history is spared, from Moses doing his stuff at the Red Sea lateral waterhazard, to Galileo demonstrating the efficacy of spherical balls. Though there is no guarantee the book will improve your golf, it will certainly send you to the first tee in an upbeat mood.