In the first full-scale biography of the enigmatic Ben Hogan in 20 years, Curt Sampson explores the milestones of Hogan's life--his father's suicide and his miraculous comeback after his brush with death. Drawing on interviews with fellow golf legends, Sampson presents an in-depth portrait of a man with bullet-proof confidence and single ...
A renowned, award-winning, expert golf writer gives a fresh, insider's perspective of the golf tour. Tiger Woods has changed golf - forever. His combination of power, skill, and media smarts has made him the biggest sports figure since Michael Jordan and, if his career was to end tomorrow, he'd go down as one of the top five players of all time. ...
The year 2005 marks the 75th anniversary of Bobby Jones's remarkable 1930 season. No one had won the Grand Slam before - and no one has since. In a splendid narrative that is worthy of Jones's singular achievement, Curt Sampson, acknowledged as one of golf's best writers, captures the magic of his feat and the high cost he paid to achieve it, set ...
April 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., was dead; anti-Vietnam protests and race riots roiled the cities; and America verged on breaking apart. The Masters in Augusta offered some temporary respite from chaos. The rivalry between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus was at its peak, and the public anticipated another thrilling duel. But in the end Palmer, ...
A sportswriter recalls 1960, a pivotal year in golf when the great Ben Hogan had reached his peak and a new player on the scene named Jack Nicklaus seemed promising. Sampson captures the thrill of the game and provides portraits of major players such as Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, and Chi Chi Rodriguez.
In this definitive portrait of the British Open, Sampson reminisces about past and current golfers since the 1860s, but focuses primarily on the exciting 1999 championship as he enters the minds and hearts of the contestants while they prepare and play.
A bestselling writer and former club and touring professional profiles golfers and their relationships with the fathers who introduced them to the game.
If youve watched PGA champion Steve Elkington play golf, you know what the perfect swing looks like in action: an elegant, apparently effortless stroke with stunningly accurate force. Now in this instructive book, Elkington shares the techniques and strategies behind that trademark swing, which his colleagues have named Best on Tour five years ...
Clay Bell was a onetime drifter who'd grown weary of long trails and settled on the sweetest land he'd ever seen. For six years he fought Indians, rustlers, and the wilderness itself to make the Bar-B ranch the prize of the Deep Creek Range. But now all that Clay has worked for is threatened. Jud Devitt, a ruthless speculator from the East, wants ...
'Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino...the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of an imaginary 20th-Century Golf Greats Invitational. The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, and fifty of the best are featured in this ...
A sportswriter recalls 1960, a pivotal year in golf when the great Ben Hogan had reached his peak and a new player on the scene named Jack Nicklaus seemed promising. Sampson captures the thrill of the game and provides portraits of major players such as Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, and Chi Chi Rodriguez.
If youve watched PGA champion Steve Elkington play golf, you know what the perfect swing looks like in action: an elegant, apparently effortless stroke with stunningly accurate force. Now in this instructive book, Elkington shares the techniques and strategies behind that trademark swing, which his colleagues have named Best on Tour five years ...
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