Are You Kidding Me? : The Story of Rocco Mediate's Extraordinary Battle with Tiger Woods at the US Open

by Mediate, Rocco; Feinstein, John

• ISBN13: 9780316049108
• ISBN10: 0316049107
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-18
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Summary

June 2008's U.S. Open produced one of the most unexpected and dramatic showdowns in golf history. Mediate relives one of sport's greatest feats and reveals how one man overcame every obstacle to challenge the game's finest.

Author Biography

John Feinstein is the bestselling author of Let Me Tell You a Story, Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, Hard Courts,and two novels. He writes for Inside Sports, Golf, Tennis Magazine, and Basketball America and commentates on NPR and CBS. John Feinstein lives in Potomac, MD, and Shelter Island, NY.

Rocco Mediate has been playing professional golf since 1985. He lives in Florida.

Table of Contents

Rocco's Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
The Dream	p. 13
508 Crestview Drive	p. 25
No Backup Plan	p. 40
Back to the Drawing Board	p. 57
Down for the Count	p. 76
The Good Life	p. 96
The Slide	p. 117
Cindi	p. 135
Not So Special	p. 152
Welcome to Torrey Pines	p. 169
A Good Beginning...	p. 188
Tiger Shows Up	p. 207
Serious Stuff	p. 225
One Inch Away	p. 246
A Great Fight	p. 272
Suddenly Famous	p. 297
Acknowledgments	p. 319
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