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Book Synopsis The Majors of Golf by : Morgan G. Brenner
Download or read book The Majors of Golf written by Morgan G. Brenner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-12 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work is a complete source for the results of each of golf's major tournaments (the Master's Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open Championship, and PGA Championship). Information includes the final position, round-by-round score, and complete major tournament record of every golfer, including those that didn't finish, to have participated in a major. Appendices list all players with possible name variations or for whom there is conflicting data.
Download or read book The Majors written by John Feinstein and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT DOES IT TAKE to win a major championship and reach the absolute pinnacle of golf? Through a season of the four tournaments -- the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship -- known collectively as the majors, John Feinstein takes us where the television cameras never go, both off the links and "inside the ropes", as he reveals the special challenges and rituals, the frustrations and exhilaration, that mark the lives and careers of the world's greatest golfers.
Download or read book Golf's Majors written by Gary Player and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From golf legend and nine-time major champion Gary Player, a riveting history of golf’s pinnacle events, packed with dramatic moments and insider stories In the game of golf, four tournaments stand alone: The Masters. The U.S. Open. The British Open. The PGA Championship. They boast histories that stretch back a century or more. Winning a major is the capstone of a golfer’s career, a guarantee that they will be remembered by history. Gary Player has won nine, a figure that ranks him fourth all time. Player has been at the heart of the golf world for more than six decades—his first major victory was in 1959—and is uniquely positioned to write the definitive history of golf’s greatest tournaments. Over the course of four thrilling sections, one for each of the majors, Player takes readers inside the minds of the game’s greatest competitors at the most dramatic moments. There are pulse-pounding finishes: Phil Mickelson roaring back from five shots down to win the 2013 British Open; Jack Nicklaus’s stunning comeback to take the 1986 Masters at age 46; Player’s own thrilling victory in a playoff at the 1965 U.S. Open to complete the Career Grand Slam. There is great glory: Johnny Miller dropping a Sunday 63 to win the 1973 U.S. Open; Tiger Woods’s thunderous coronation at the 1997 Masters. And there is heartbreak, as well: Roberto De Vincenzo signing the wrong scorecard in 1968; Jean van de Velde’s meltdown in 1999 at Carnoustie. Throughout, Player shares his insider wisdom on what makes each tournament unique. While the Masters returns to Augusta National each spring, the other three majors cycle between a variety of courses that reward different styles of play. He reveals his personal opinions on the craziest finishes, the toughest courses, the most challenging holes to play, and whom he believes to be the greatest golfer of them all.
Download or read book The Majors written by John Feinstein and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 2014-08-03 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bestselling sportswriter spends a year behind the scenes at the most competitive events in golf--the four tournaments known as the Majors. Readers are treated to a behind-the-scenes look at how big-name players orchestrate their seasons to be at peak form for these intense events. of color photos.
Book Synopsis The Majors of Golf by : Morgan G. Brenner
Download or read book The Majors of Golf written by Morgan G. Brenner and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 1411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work is a complete source for the results of each of golf’s major tournaments (the Master’s Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open Championship, and PGA Championship). Information includes the final position, round-by-round score, and complete major tournament record of every golfer, including those that didn’t finish, to have participated in a major. Appendices list all players with possible name variations or for whom there is conflicting data.
Book Synopsis The Majors of Golf: The players, A-G by : Morgan G. Brenner
Download or read book The Majors of Golf: The players, A-G written by Morgan G. Brenner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This reference work is a complete source for the results of each of golf's major tournaments (the Master's Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open Championship, and PGA Championship). Appendices list all players with possible name variations or for whom there is conflicting data"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Jenkins at the Majors by : Dan Jenkins
Download or read book Jenkins at the Majors written by Dan Jenkins and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary sports writer Dan Jenkins delivers a golf history lesson that is unrivaled in its scope and style. In this seminal collection, Dan Jenkins has selected the funniest and most riveting stories from his epic career as a writer for Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest, where his wry reportage of golf’s most thrilling finishes, historic moments, and heartbreaking collapses brought legions of fans intimately close to the action. All the greatest moments of golf over the last sixty years are here: Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach, Arnold Palmer at Cherry Hills, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead at Oakmont, and of course Tiger Woods, just about everywhere. As much about journalism and watching the growth of one of our most cherished sports writers, as it is about the great game of golf, Jenkins at the Majors is a must read for sports fans and golfers alike.
Download or read book Golf Majors written by Alun Evans and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains all you need to know about the golf majors, this yearbook is a must-have for all golf fans. Contains statistics on all the lajors going back to the beginning. Also contains information on all the courses being used for the 2005 season.
Book Synopsis The PGA Championship by : John Companiotte
Download or read book The PGA Championship written by John Companiotte and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2004-05-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sunday at the PGA, golfers face their last opportunity to win a major each year, and the whole world is watching. Begun in 1916 with a mere 31 players, the Championship annually attracts a quarter of a million spectators and has been won by the biggest names in golf--Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Lee Trevino, Nick Price, and Tiger Woods.
Book Synopsis Tournament Management by : John C. Miller
Download or read book Tournament Management written by John C. Miller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-20 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year thousands of golf tournaments are held across the globe, from high profile majors like the PGA Championship and British Open to smaller regional, amateur, and member-guest events. Superintendents are responsible for preparing the course in anticipation of a tournament and maintaining the course during the event. This book offers superintendents and allied professionals all the tools they need to prepare and maintain golf courses for tournaments. It offers practical guidelines for a successful tournament, from how to prepare greens, tees, fairways, bunkers and rough through cup-cutting, pest management, and fertilization prior to and during the tournament to tips on managing professional events.
Download or read book A Major Obsession written by Kenny Reid and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2012-08-25 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenny Reid has avidly followed golf's majors for more than 30 years. Through the luminescent glow of his television screen, and even, on occasion, from the vantage point of the roped-off boundaries, he has watched the greats of the game stamp their mark in the history books of each of the golf world's premier tournaments. In 2009 he decided to go a step further, decided that it was time to live the dream of all golf enthusiasts - he embarked on a pilgrimage, a 'fan slam', to each of the four majors - the Masters, the US Open, The Open and the PGA Championship - all in a single year. A Major Obsession chronicles this golf fan's odyssey. In an effort to record every detail of the fan's experience at the majors at Bethpage, Augusta, Turnberry and Hazeltine, he experiences excitement, mishaps, surprises and feats of brilliance. Not a golf insider or writer, he records each championship's special feel and ambience from the everyday fan's point of view. The journey takes him to the heart of the spectator experience, comparing and contrasting each championship's highs-and-lows both on and off the course. It mixes the sublime with the ridiculous; the expected with the unexpected. Original, quirky and brilliantly insightful, this fan's-eye account of the best players and tournaments in the world is a must for all lovers of sport and of golf; it is entertainment, travelogue and user manual to the most spectacular golf tournaments in the world.
Book Synopsis From Old Tom to the Tiger by : Alun Evans
Download or read book From Old Tom to the Tiger written by Alun Evans and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of golf's Major Championships which began in the mid-19th century, before the formation of almost all international sport as we know it today. The (British) Open Championship was born, as an afterthought really, in 1860 when just eight odd-bods played the Prestwick links. It tells the tale of golf's struggle to grow in Scotland; of the proto-professional eking out a living from playing (and wagering) and doubling as a caddie, or greenkeeping and repairing equipment. It marks the early supremacy of 'Old Tom' Morris and then the Englishmen, Harry Vardon and JH Taylor, before recounting the evangelical enthusiasm by which America converted itself to golf. It tells of an inaugural US Open as early as 1895, within a decade of the first Club being formed, and the (US) PGA Championship following in 1916. With the Great War over, the story of Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, one the slick pro, the other the classy amateur, is recalled as they carved up the 1920s between them, before an invitational sideshow by Jones for his chums developed into the 'The Masters Tournament'. It relates how Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead fought for hegemony through the global tumult of the 1940s to segue seamlessly into the next generation, and modern times. It shows us how 'The Big Three' − Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player - then assumed the mantle; how Palmer, possessing all the pizzazz made for such an age, was generally attributed with coining the term 'Majors', just as golf became big in the booming TV age around the turn of the 1960s. It goes on to tell how Arnie and his cohorts delivered golf to the world as a major sport; and through them, the Golf Majors of The Open, US Open, PGA Championship and Masters Tournament, as an entity, became real. The story is brought up to date, after introducing new superstars like Tom Watson, Lee Trevino and Seve Ballesteros, with the Golf Majors hitting the 21st century and the wonder that is (maybe was?) 'Tiger' Woods. Here, 150 years of the phenomenon that is golf is encapsulated through its greatest events. Alun Evans' consummate one volume chronicle of golf's greatest Championships - the so-called MAJORS - is an encyclopedic package on the subject: indeed, it has no peers. From Old Tom to the Tiger is a deliberate retrospective to celebrate 150 years of Majors golf, not just a stat pack for the nerdy and needy. It is unique in its scope; nothing can compare with it in golf, indeed in sport, for its detail and accuracy. But it is as much about storytelling as facts and figures; yet it's statistically more detailed than anything seen before. The author tells the story through an engaging, lively narrative, and, not forsaking the anoraks, backs it up with complete results; a results CV for every player who started a Major; and enough records to shake a stick at. Even jam-packed with anecdotes and facts, it is still portable enough to tote around the fairways and greens of Major Championships - and just as much a stand-by in the home, next to the TV, of course.
Download or read book One Week in April: The Masters written by and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the birds, the flowers, and April showers: in golf, you know spring has sprung when the Masters rolls around. Held on the hallowed grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club, and widely broadcast on TV, it’s one of the world’s most-watched sporting events each year. This collection celebrates that famed tournament, as some of America’s best known sportswriters—such as Grantland Rice and Jim Murray—praise the event’s illustrious history and traditions. The Masters has provided the stage for golf’s most prominent names, and they’re all represented on these pages, from Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan to Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods. Fans (many of whom dream of playing it themselves) will take a ride down memory and Magnolia Lane, as they recall great moments in golf, and find out about some of the quirkier, behind-the scene moments, both touching and humorous. MASTERS’ FACTS AND FIGURES: • 43 million Americans watched Tiger Woods win his first of four green jackets. • It’s the number one televised golf tournament in the world. • You cannot apply for membership; you must be invited. • The tradition of wearing green jackets began in 1937. • Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only president to have been a club member.
Book Synopsis Open Championship Golf Courses of Britain by : Keith MacKie
Download or read book Open Championship Golf Courses of Britain written by Keith MacKie and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Played in rotation on eight courses throughout Scotland and England, the Open Championship is the oldest golfing competition in the world. The courses embody tradition that dates back to the very beginning of the game itself. It is still the ambition of most professional golfers to see their name inscribed upon the famous claret jug that bears the name of every winner since Young Tom Morris, the Champion of 1872. Each of the courses is profiled in its own chapter, with the author describing both the history and development of the course itself and the highlights of Open Championships that have been played on its lush greens. New and vintage photographs nostalgically complement the text. Additional courses throughout England and Scotland are profiled. Among these is Prestwick, where the first eleven Opens were played. Other courses that no longer host the Open, but once did, are also featured. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Keith Mackie is the author of many previous books, including Golf at St. Andrews, his memorable portrait of the "home of golf," also published by Pelican.
Book Synopsis The Walter Hagen Story by The Haig, Himself by : Walter Hagen
Download or read book The Walter Hagen Story by The Haig, Himself written by Walter Hagen and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I never wanted to be a millionaire—I just wanted to live like one...”—Walter Hagen THIS IS Walter Hagen’s own story of the two decades when he ruled the golfing world as King. Hagen not only won a major tournament every year for twenty years—a record never even approached by any other golfer—but his personality dominated the game over that period. Before he came along, professional golfers had the status of hired hands. The Haig was the man who crashed the front door of the clubhouses, and he brought along with him the entire fraternity of golf professionals. He was a magnificent showman and, in addition to changing the social standing of the golf pro, his competitive skill and flamboyant character built up public in interest in golf throughout the world. The result was perhaps best expressed in Gene Sarazen’s own memoirs when he said, “All the professionals who have a chance to go after the big money today should say silent thanks to Walter Hagen each time they stretch a check between their fingers. It was Walter Hagen who made professional golf what it is.” The picture of sartorial elegance, he became the fashion plate that others copied for years. He was the honoured guest of emperors and the tutor and personal friend of the young Edward, then Prince of Wales. An idol both at home and abroad (he won the U.S. Open twice, made the P.G.A. Championship almost his exclusive personal property through the twenties, and won the British Open four times), he toured the world with Joe Kirkwood as the most outstanding ambassador of good will that golf ever produced. All this and much more is set down in this book in a style which has the same swashbuckling flavour as characterized his long playing career.
Book Synopsis American Triumvirate by : James Dodson
Download or read book American Triumvirate written by James Dodson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With compelling detail and pure passion, James Dodson recounts the singular brilliance of three golf titans and how they saved the professional tour and created the game as we know it today. During the Depression golf was in crisis. As a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, and Ben Hogan –two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia, who had dedicated themselves to the sport. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominant that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it. Paving the way for the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.
Book Synopsis Alun Evans' The Golf Majors Book 2020 by : Alun Evans
Download or read book Alun Evans' The Golf Majors Book 2020 written by Alun Evans and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-18 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most comprehensive source of information in print, both in paperback and Kindle ebook, on the Major Championships of Golf for over 20 years. The history, present and future of The Open Championship, inaugurated way back in 1860, and the development over 120 years of the US Open (1895), The PGA Championship (1916) and the Masters Tournament (1934), is chronicled in detailed reports and backed up by the most comprehensive statistics available on Golf's premier events. Evans, nominated for 'From Old Tom to the Tiger' in the British Sports Book Awards in 2012, provides the only regularly and accurately updated resource needed to keep abreast of these historic events. In this, the 2020 edition, he welcomes the return of Tiger Woods to Majors-winning ways when he won his fifth Masters Green Jacket - but only his first Major, since 2008; and the continuing predator-like performances of Brooks Koepka who clinically collected his fourth Major title in three seasons. He reports on the much-anticipated return of the Open to Royal Portrush in almost 70 years, and in only the second visit to the island of Ireland to hail a home-grown Champion there in Shane Lowry. He also looks forward to the Majors of 2020, welcoming back to Major Championships iconic courses like Winged Foot and Royal St George's, before returning statistically to the past glories of these, the pinnacle of all golfing events, through records and tables and information of all sorts. Every year, the author produces a mine of facts, scores, comparisons and the rest to top the previous year. A must for every golf fan, and those fans who want to read about some of the greatest achievements in any sport!
