Curt Sampson
2) Hogan
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This updated edition of a NEW YORK TIMES best seller includes a final chapter, which chronicles the last years of his life and examines his enduring legacy. Included are quotes and tributes from many of golf's greats such as Byron Nelson and a perceptive assessment of the life and legend of the man who may have been the greatest golfer ever-Ben Hogan.
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The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. Tournament founder Clifford Roberts still seems to run the place from his grave. The story behind the elusive and reclusive Roberts has never been told, until now. The Masters is a portrait of a tournament unlike any other.
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An unlikely champion. An unprecedented accomplishment. A powerful story of a man on the verge of becoming a legend-at a time when the nation needed every hero it could get. In the 1930s, Bobby Jones did what no golfer had done before-and what no golfer has done since-he won all four major championships in one year. This dominant performance earned him untold riches and the adoration of the public. He had two tickertape parades to commemorate...
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Was there ever a year in golf like 1960? It was the year that the sport and its vivid personalities exploded on the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and future of the game collided. Television, still a new medium, provided a fresh window to this fascinating show and enabled this “rich man's sport” to win over millions of new fans. Here was Arnold Palmer, the working man's hero, “sweating, chain-smoking, shirt-tail flying,”...
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[2017]
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First edition.
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The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history, and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever, reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir.
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The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history-and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever-reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir
A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent...
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