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1) Tiger Woods
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. Married to a Swedish beauty and the father of two young children, he was the winner of fourteen major golf championships and earning more than $100 million annually. But it was all a carefully crafted illusion. As it turned out, Woods had been living a double life for years -- one...
3) Men in green
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Was golf better (to use one of Tiger's favorite phrases) back in the day? In [this book], Michael Bamberger, who fell for the game as a teenager in its wild Sansabelt-and-persimmon 1970s heyday, goes on a quest to try to find out. The result is a candid, nostalgic, intimate portrait of golf's greatest generation--then and now"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ever since his astonishing victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, John Daly, known affectionately on the PGA Tour as "Big 'Un," has enthralled fans with his big drives, bigger personality, and "Grip It and Rip It" approach to golf -- and to life.
Long John, usually seen with a Marlboro Light dangling from his lip, is the unchained, unpredictable, unapologetic bad boy of professional golf. "The only rules I follow," JD likes to say, "are the Rules...
Author
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Harvey Penick's classic Little Red Book, golf instructor Mark Steinbauer documents a lifetime of incredible experiences and life lessons from the world of golf. He learned to play the game from Penick, his longtime mentor and friend, and has since played alongside pros such as Bobby Locke and Jack Nicklaus. 18 Game-Changing Lessons reveals the strategies and techniques that these pros have shared with Steinbauer throughout...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Language
English
Description
An intimate story of a man you has spent his life in front of a camera but has done his best to make sure he was never really known, until now. After a deep dive into drug abuse and the private despair of a battered and ailing body, Woods celebrates second chances brought about through perseverance and determination.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Here is the story of modern golf that is not on TV. This is our story, we who pay to play, who can't wait to get another crack at the game, even when golf doesn't love us back. And just as every round is an adventure, every life in golf is, too: We start at home, head on out, endure a series of events, fortunate and otherwise, and hang on for dear life as we play our way back to the house. In these pages, we celebrate the thrill of it all, as we...
Author
Series
Big shots volume 1
Language
English
Description
Wells Whitaker was once golf's hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his "promising" career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life. Josephine...
10) The boy is back
Author
Series
Boy series volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
A viral scandal draws notorious celebrity golfer Reed Stewart back to his tiny Indiana hometown, where he reunites with small business owner Becky Flowers in ways that challenge their perceptions about each other.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In Breaking the Slump, NBC golf commentator Jimmy Roberts shares the "slump stories" of some of the greatest professional golfers of all time-from Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tom Watson to Phil Michelson and Dottie Palmer-offering valuable tips and strategies to help any player overcome that inevitable stretch of absolutely wretched golf.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Travis McKinley's life has drifted sideways. His job, his marriage, even his children all feel disconnected and distant. Has he really accomplished nothing of consequence in his life? One Christmas Day, Travis plays a round of golf and finds himself for the first time in the zone--playing like a pro. In astonishingly short order, Travis is catapulted into the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach, where he advances to the final round. And while his wife,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian-American player to win a major. History had been made--and...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
My Greatest Day in Golf is an oral history where 25 of the top golfers from the last half-century talk about their most rewarding moments in golf. Chronologically, the book starts off with Tommy Bolt, who out-dueled Gary Player to win the 1958 US Open, and ends with a stirring account of the historic 1999 Ryder Cup from Hal Sutton. The highlights include the greatest days of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, and in addition to the Big Three, the book also...
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