The Fairway Game

by Wimmer, Dick

• ISBN13: 9781580800396
• ISBN10: 1580800394
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

This anthology of the best golf sportswriting focuses on the legendary final rounds--great writing on great golf.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
Grantland Rice: Bobby Jones, 1923 U.S. Open	p. 1
Thomas Bonk: Jack Fleck, 1955 U.S. Open	p. 5
Herbert Warren Wind: Ben Hogan, 1967 Masters	p. 13
Julian I. Graubart: Arnold Palmer, 1960 U.S. Open	p. 17
Herbert Warren Wind: Ken Venturi, 1964 U.S. Open	p. 23
Robert Sommers: Johnny Miller, 1973 U.S. Open	p. 39
Red Smith: The Round Jack Nicklaus Forgot (1978)	p. 53
Thomas Boswell: Tom Watson, 1982 U.S. Open	p. 57
Wilfred Sheed: Jack Nicklaus, 1986 Masters	p. 65
Ian Fleming: From: Goldfinger	p. 71
Alistair Cooke: Arnold Palmer, 1968 P.G.A.	p. 83
Mike Downey: Let It Be Recorded: McQuitty Never Quit	p. 87
Jim Burnett: Annika Sorenstam, 1996 U.S. Women's Open and Patty Sheehan, 1996 Dinah Shore	p. 91
Dave Anderson: Hale Irwin, 1990 U.S. Open	p. 103
John Feinstein: Nick Faldo, 1993 Ryder Cup and Nick Price, 1994 British Open	p. 109
Dan Jenkins: Drives and Whispers	p. 121
Jeff Rude: What Was He Thinking?	p. 125
John Updike: From: Golf Dreams	p. 131
Tim Rosaforte: Tiger Woods, 1994 U.S. Amateur	p. 135
Thomas Bonk: David Duval's 59! (1999)	p. 141
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