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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1. Tall Shadows; 1. Golf's Gray Ghost; 2. He Came, He Won, He Died; 3. The Trials of a Trailblazer; 4. Man of the Century; 5. A Place in Time; 6. King of the Hill; 7. A Golfer and a Gentleman; 8. Simply the Best; 9. Arnie, Now and Then; 10. Seve: Portrait of an Artist; Part 2. Inside the Ropes; 11. Changing the Course of History; 12. The Streak; 13. He Went Down Swinging; 14. Homero Blancas's 55; 15. Lost and Found; 16. A Champion's Last Hurrah; 17. Surround Sound; 18. Devil's Island; 19. Fortunate Son |
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20. Thoughts from AugustaPart 3. More Than a Score; 21. Shades of Greatness; 22. A Fleck of History; 23. The Gospel according to Joe Dey; 24. The Mouth That Roared; 25. The High Life and Hard Times of John Schlee; 26. Taking a Stand; 27. The Detour of a Phenom; 28. The Journey of Jim Simons; 29. Still Driven after All These Years; 30. The Man Who Loved Golf to Death; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author |
| Summary |
"In a long, award-winning career writing about golf, Bill Fields has sought out the most interesting stories--not just those featuring big winners and losers, but the ones that get at the very character of the game. Collected here, his pieces offer an intriguing portrait of golf over the past century. The legends are here in vivid profiles of such familiar figures as Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Mickey Wright, and Tiger Woods. But so are lesser-known golfers, like John Schlee, Billy Joe Patton, and Bert Yancey, whose tales are no less compelling. The book is filled with colorful moments and perceptive observations about golf greats ranging from the first American-born U.S. Open champion, Johnny McDermott, to Seve Ballesteros, the Spaniard who led Europe's resurgence in the game in the late twentieth century. Fields gives us golf writing at its finest, capturing the game's larger dramas and finer details, its personalities and its enduring appeal."-- Provided by publisher |
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"Candid profiles and informed observations on golf by one of the sport's best living writers"-- Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Golf -- Anecdotes
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Golfers -- Anecdotes
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Golf.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Golf
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Golfers
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803255265 |
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0803255268 |
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9780803255272 |
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0803255276 |
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