Arnie, Seve, and a Fleck of Golf History

Heroes, Underdogs, Courses, and Championships

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-06-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:University of Nebraska Press
Medarbetare:Ben Crenshaw
ISBN:9780803248809

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Golfböcker inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Veteran sports journalist Bill Fields is a four-time winner of the Golf Writers Association of America's annual writing contest. A former senior editor at Golf World, his work has also appeared in Golf Digest, the New York Times, and The Best American Sports Writing.

Recensioner i media

"Arnie, Seve, and a Fleck of Golf History is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the history of the people and events of the game of golf.."—Gary McCormick, examiner.com "An entertaining and informative read."-Lisa Timpf, AETHLON"Anyone who considers himself a true golf fan must add this excellent work of golf history to their literary collection."-Fred Altvater, Bleacher Report "Engaging and fun to read."-George B. Kirsch, Journal of Sport History "Nobody knows the game of golf and many of the quaint people who have inhabited it better than Bill Fields, and I've never read anyone who gets them down on paper better than he does. You'll enjoy this book more than a string of birdies if you care anything at all about the sport."—Dan Jenkins, author of Dead Solid Perfect and Jenkins at the Majors "Bill Fields's field isn't golf; it's people. With a reporter's instinct and a writer's empathy, he specializes in stories only he can see. Don't read him unless you're ready to laugh and cry. Both."—Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Ben Crenshaw Introduction Part 1. Tall Shadows: The Greats1. 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: Courses and Competitions11. 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 20. Thoughts from Augusta Part 3. More Than a Score: The Characters21. 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: The Tiger Era Acknowledgments