The Best Golf Stories Ever Told

by Ganz, Julie; Bowden, Tripp

• ISBN13: 9781510734425
• ISBN10: 1510734422
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-06-01
• Publisher: Skyhorse Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as those who have established themselves as aficionados through their writing or commentary all offer their stories from both on and off the course. Together they articulate the passion as well as the frustrations behind one of the world’s most popular sports. The Best Golf Stories Ever Told is a book for golf fans and players alike who share a love for the game.

This is part of the well-established The Best Stories series of books, each of which is selectively edited and handcrafted to include only the best stories from the best writers of the genre.

“What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.”
—Arnold Palmer

Author Biography

Julie Ganz is a book editor in New York with a strong passion for both domestic and international travel.

Tripp Bowden is a former Augusta National caddy, the first full-time white caddy in the history of the elite private club. He’ s also a former collegiate golfer and alum of Augusta University and a former copywriter, first with McCann Erickson New York and later with his own company, Creative Wizards. Tripp is the author of the New York Times-praised Freddie & Me: Life Lessons from Freddie Bennett, Augusta National’ s Legendary Caddy Master, and All the Memorable Rounds: Golf Adventures and Misadventures from Augusta National to Cypress Point and Beyond. A frequent speaker at prominent golf clubs and sports venues across America and beyond, Tripp lives with his wife Fletch and children Arrie B. and Holly Mac in Augusta, Georgia.