The Match : The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever (Paperback)

from elsyd

A wonderful book for anyone who has ever played a game of golf, or driven by the Pebble Beach golf course. It is a true account of a match put together at Bing Crosby's clam bake. A look into four of the most famous golfers of all time. Their personalities, frailties and strengths.

from Gatorhater

The setting is 1956 in Pebble Beach golf course at the Bing Crosby's clam-bake, when Eddie Lowery says that he has two amateurs that can beat any two golfers that George Coleman can find to play in a match play, match. Coleman puts up Ben Hogan & Byron Nelson against Lowery's Ken Venturi & Harvie...

from davedonelson

Could two amateur golfers beat two of the world's greatest professionals? Once upon a time, they might. Mark Frost tells the story of just such a contest in his account of The Match: The Day The Game Of Golf Changed Forever. But this isn't a fairy tale. It is instead a can't-put-it-down true acco...

from kysmom02

This really isn't a book that I would pick up to read. However, I really enjoyed it! I'm new to the game of golf, so none of the men in the book were immediately recognized. I have heard a few of these names associated with the game, but didn't know anything about them, or how they pursued the ga...

from elsyd

A wonderful book for anyone who has ever played a game of golf, or driven by the Pebble Beach golf course. It is a true account of a match put together at Bing Crosby's clam bake. A look into four of the most famous golfers of all time. Their personalities, frailties and strengths.