Getting Up & Down My 60 Years in Golf

by Venturi, Ken; Arkush, Michael; Nantz, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781572438231
• ISBN10: 1572438231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Triumph Books

Summary

Ken Venturi's life and his longtime career in golf have been a tale of triumph in the face of adversity. Growing up in San Francisco, he was drawn to the game for the solitude it offered, the best place for him to find himself—and his dreams. Though his often brilliant career was prematurely halted by injuries, he then emerged as the game's greatest ambassador throughout an unprecedented broadcasting career. Getting Up & Down is the story behind Venturi's captivating rise and fall—and rise again—to the top of the golf world and an inside look at the many different personalities within that world.

Author Biography

Ken Venturi is a former professional golfer who won 14 PGA Tour tournaments in his career and was named the PGA Player of the Year and Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1964. He was a golf commentator for CBS Sports for more than 35 years. Michael Arkush has written seven books, including Rush!, a New York Times best-selling unauthorized biography of Rush Limbaugh. He lives in Oak View, California. Jim Nantz is an acclaimed sportscaster, known mostly for his work at CBS Sports.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jim Nantz	vii
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
CHAPTER 1: Back to the Future	1	(10)
CHAPTER 2: Made in San Francisco	11	(14)
CHAPTER 3: Becoming a Champion	25	(18)
CHAPTER 4: Marriage, The Masters, and the Military	43	(14)
CHAPTER 5: Back in the U.S.A.	57	(10)
CHAPTER 6: A Loss Like No Other	67	(14)
CHAPTER 7: On the Road	81	(14)
CHAPTER 8: More Agony at Augusta	95	(16)
CHAPTER 9: Third Time Is No Charm	111	(10)
CHAPTER 10: Losing My Grip	121	(12)
CHAPTER 11: Starting Over	133	(12)
CHAPTER 12: Redemption	145	(18)
CHAPTER 13: Beginning of the End	163	(14)
CHAPTER 14: Two Franks and One Beau	177	(14)
CHAPTER 15: More Changes	191	(16)
CHAPTER 16: From the Tower	207	(16)
CHAPTER 17: Good-Bye to Beau, Ben, and Gene	223	(12)
CHAPTER 18: Winning a Cup, and a Lady	235	(14)
CHAPTER 19: Tradition	249	(8)
CHAPTER 20: Why Me?	257	(6)
Index	263