Starting the Us Open: From Shinnecock to Pebble Beach - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Starting the Us Open: From Shinnecock to Pebble Beach write by Ron Read. This book was released on 2019-05-21. Starting the Us Open: From Shinnecock to Pebble Beach available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For 23 years, Ron Read witnessed the toughest shot in golf...the opening drive from the #1 tee of the United States Open Championship. The US Open ranks with the World Series, the Super Bowl, and Wimbledon for its prestige and meaning to its respective sport. Throughout his celebrated career, Ron formed many lasting relationships with golfers, caddies, sportscasters and writers, course superintendents, and many others. Ron takes us inside the ropes, through the clubhouse, into the inner sanctum, and tells the stories revealing what has made this tournament and this sport, truly special. Starting the US Open is much more than a "read;" it's an experience!
A Disorderly Compendium of Golf
A Disorderly Compendium of Golf - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Disorderly Compendium of Golf write by Lorne Rubenstein. This book was released on 2006-01-01. A Disorderly Compendium of Golf available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The obsessive book about the obsessive game, and more fun to read than a green at Ballybunion. Written by two authors who have misspent their lives in thrall to the sport, A DISORDERLY COMPENDIUM OF GOLF digs into the odd, the fascinating, the historical, the random, the unexpected, and the curmudgeonly, and serves up hundreds of pages of lists, anecdotes, humor, surprises, and the sheer compelling minutiae of a game whose pleasure lies in the details. It's all here, including history: oldest courses, top 5 money-winners at 10-year intervals, the importance of James II of Scotland. Colorful characters, like the hustler who would bet you that he could roll out of bed in the morning and make a 40-foot putt on his first try, and his secret for doing it every time. Odd rules: Did you know youmay take a free drop from a fireant hill but not from poison ivy? Good golf instructionÑhow to hit Phil Mickelson's trademark flop shotÑand confusing golf instruction: Tom Watson says ÒNever feel you're reaching for the ball,Ó while Johnny Miller advisesÒ Reach for the ball. . . .Ó Embarrassing moments and helpful tips. The lexicon: professional caddie nicknames, terms for an ugly shot, names of golf balls. Plus gambling games, the grasses used in greens, unusual patents, Shakespearean quotes on golf, golf at midnight, longest and shortest holes . . . and more, and more.
One Week in June: The U.S. Open
One Week in June: The U.S. Open - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One Week in June: The U.S. Open write by . This book was released on 2010-12-07. One Week in June: The U.S. Open available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An insider’s pass to the world’s greatest golf tournament! The U.S. Open, generally considered the preeminent golf championship in the world, is contested on some of the nations finest courses—from the rolling hills of Winged Foot to the famed fairways of Baltusral to the breathtaking holes of Pebble Beach that overlook Carmel Bay. Tom Kite describes the tournament as "without a doubt the most physically, psychologically, and emotionally exhausting event we play," while Jack Nicklaus ranks it as the number one major. One Week in June: The U.S. Open takes fans behind the scenes, giving them a rare and privileged peek into the tournament: its glorious history, finest moments, and even its quirkiest happenings. It features pieces by many of our best-known sportswriters, from Grantland Rice to Dan Jenkins and Rick Reilly, as well as the words of the golf greats themselves.
The Open Question
The Open Question - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Open Question write by Peter May. This book was released on 2021-05-12. The Open Question available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Golfing legend Ben Hogan went to his grave believing he had won a record five US Open titles. The USGA says otherwise, and the controversy has endured for over 75 years. In 1942, the United States Golf Association (USGA) cancelled its four golf tournaments for the duration of World War II. But then it did something different in only that year—it sponsored the Hale-America National Open on the same weekend as the cancelled US Open. The great Ben Hogan won that tournament and went to his grave believing he had therefore won a record five US Open titles. In The Open Question, Peter May turns his attention to this controversial, colorful Hale-America National Open of 1942. While providing an in-depth look at the tournament itself, May champions Hogan’s claim to five US Open titles and debunks some questionable assertions that the tournament was not worthy of a US Open. Set against the backdrop of World War II, May also tells the stories of other professional golfers in the tournament and the impact of the war on all their lives. The USGA has never recognized the Hale-America Tournament as an official US Open and remains firm in its stance. It was a decision that bothered Ben Hogan for the rest of his life. The Open Question shows how dominant Ben Hogan was against some of the biggest names in golf, and reveals why he deserves to be recognized as a five-time US Open winner.
The Last Stand of Payne Stewart
The Last Stand of Payne Stewart - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Last Stand of Payne Stewart write by Kevin Robbins. This book was released on 2019-10-08. The Last Stand of Payne Stewart available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From award-winning sports writer Kevin Robbins, discover the story of legendary golfer Payne Stewart, focusing on his last year in the PGA Tour in 1999, which tragically culminated in a fatal air disaster that transpired publicly on televisions across the country. Forever remembered as one of the most dramatic storylines in the history of golf, Payne Stewart's legendary career was bookended by a dramatic comeback and a shocking, tragic end. Here, Robbins brings Stewart's story vividly to life. Written off as a pompous showman past the prime of his career, Stewart emerged from a long slump in the unforgettable season of 1999 to capture the U.S. Open and play on the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup team. He appeared to be a new man that summer: wiser, deeper, and on the verge of a new level of greatness. Then his journey to redemption ended in October, when his chartered Learjet flew aimlessly for more than a thousand miles, ran out of fuel, and fell to earth in a prairie in South Dakota. His death marked the end of an era, one made up of "shotmakers" who played the game with artistry, guile, finesse, and heart. Behind them were Tiger Woods, David Duval, Phil Mickelson, and other young players whose power and strength changed the PGA Tour forever. With exclusive access to Stewart's friends, family, and onetime colleagues, Kevin Robbins provides a long-overdue portrait of one of golf's greats in one of golf's greatest seasons. Winner of the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award
