Fairway to Heaven : Victors and Victims of Golf's Choking Game

by Glover, Tim; Higgs, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781840183191
• ISBN10: 1840183195
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(4)
THE OPEN
Hard Times and Heroes	11	(10)
The Miss of All Time	21	(7)
The Duel in the Sun	28	(8)
Tilting the Balance	36	(15)
A Burnt-out Case	51	(6)
The Iceman Reaches Meltdown	57	(6)
Failing by Numbers	63	(6)
The Wackiest Open	69	(7)
The Rose Show	76	(3)
Vintage Claret	79	(8)
How a Lawrie Overtook a Van	87	(8)
THE MASTERS
Sarazen's Resounding Shot	95	(9)
Jack of All Trades	104	(6)
Of Mize and Men	110	(4)
A Sandy Lie	114	(3)
Faldo's Sudden Glory...	117	(5)
...Floyd's Sudden Death	122	(4)
Iron Woosnam	126	(5)
Ben's Sentimental Journey	131	(3)
The Gutting of the Shark	134	(5)
The Lion King	139	(10)
THE US OPEN
A Bobby Dazzler	149	(15)
Olympic Silver for Watson	164	(7)
The Boston Stranger	171	(5)
The Oak Hill Cluster	176	(7)
Irwin Crosses the Divide	183	(5)
For Arnie Read Ernie	188	(4)
Janzen Takes a Bough	192	(4)
The Guy in the Fancy Pants	196	(9)
THE US PGA
Tway to Go	205	(11)
Zinger and the Flashing Eyeballs	216	(7)
Exposed: The Full Monty	223	(6)
Perry Falls on his Sward	229	(3)
A Giant Leap for the Old Game	232	(5)
Bibliography	237	(1)
Index	238