The Grand Slam Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf

by Frost, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781401307516
• ISBN10: 1401307515
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Now in paperback, the Los Angeles Times bestseller that takes a riveting look at the life and times of golf legend Bobby Jones In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it. Mark Frost uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones. In the tradition of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam blends social history with sports biography, captivating the imagination and engaging the reader. The Grand Slam is a biography not to be missed.

Author Biography

Mark Frost is the author of the critically acclaimed The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam, and the bestselling The List of 7, The 6 Messiahs, and Before I Wake. He received a Writer's Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for his work as executive story editor on the acclaimed television series Hill Street Blues, and was the co-creator and executive producer of the ABC television series Twin Peaks. He lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York.

Table of Contents

THE PLAYERS	IX
PROLOGUE	XIII
PART ONE EVOLUTION OF A GENIUS
CHAPTER ONE: East Lake	3	(28)
CHAPTER TWO: One Wrong Turn	31	(18)
CHAPTER THREE: Into the Fray	49	(32)
CHAPTER FOUR: Finding a Voice	81	(44)
CHAPTER FIVE: Fate and Nothing Else	125	(52)
PART TWO THE CHAMPIONSHIP YEARS
CHAPTER SIX: Breakthrough	177	(28)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Halfway There	205	(18)
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Battle of the Century	223	(24)
CHAPTER NINE: The Americans Are Coming	247	(20)
CHAPTER TEN: The Double	267	(16)
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Consolidation	283	(34)
CHAPTER TWELVE: Preparation	317	(18)
PART THREE THE GRAND SLAM
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Amateur, St. Andrews	335	(32)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Open, Hoylake	367	(18)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The U.S. Open, Interlachen	385	(30)
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The U.S. Amateur, Merion	415	(28)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Retirement	443	(18)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Decline	461	(18)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	479	(2)
A NOTE ON THE WRITING	481	(2)
INDEX	483