Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world's most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established itself in 1935. The key figure in the tournament's creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was a living legend after winning the Grand Slam i... View More...
At the age of forty-six, some thought Jack Nicklaus was done as a championship golfer. Entering the 1986 Masters, most folks had written off the Golden Bear. But the winner of a record seventeen professional majors wasn't done yet. After a slow start, Nicklaus got in the hunt on Sunday afternoon, and he played the final nine holes in 6-under-par 30. He roared past a who's who of top golfers that day to win his sixth Masters title--a record that still exists. Most experts agree that it was the most thrilling day of tournament golf ever played. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of arguably the mos... View More...
The Masters is unquestionably the crown jewel of golf's major tournaments, not only for the transcendent performances it has inspired over the years, but for the incomparable sights and sounds of Augusta National and its environs, each distinct element contributing to the storied, rarefied atmosphere which draws tens of thousands to Georgia each spring. Seven Days in Augusta spans everything from the par-3 contest, to Amen Corner, to Butler Cabin. Mark Cannizzaro goes behind the scenes of the exclusive competition, covering wide-ranging topics including green jacket rituals, tales from The Cro... View More...
The Masters is unquestionably the crown jewel of golf's major tournaments, not only for the transcendent performances it has inspired over the years, but for the incomparable sights and sounds of Augusta National and its environs, each distinct element contributing to the storied, rarefied atmosphere which draws tens of thousands to Georgia each spring. Seven Days in Augusta spans everything from the par-3 contest, to Amen Corner, to Butler Cabin. Mark Cannizzaro goes behind the scenes of the exclusive competition, covering wide-ranging topics including green jacket rituals, tales from The Cro... View More...
This #1 bestseller is a timeless gift from Augusta National's third generation club photographer. Augusta National & The Masters contains over 290 photographs covering the over seventy-year history of the club. Christian, through incredible pictures and untold stories, paints a portrait of the Augusta National Golf Club that has never before been seen -- inside the clubhouse, the greatest moments of the Masters, great stories of founder Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts -- and rare photographs that keep you turning its pages. View More...
Jack Nicklaus is widely acknowledged as the finest golfer of all time and this is his biography. His major rivals Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, and Tom Watson contributed introductions to the book, which includes essays and an in-depth analysis of Jack's swing. Each of the major events in Jack's life are covered, including in-depth reporting on all 20 major tournament victories and more." View More...
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods. During the Depression--after the exploits of Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones (winning the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930) had faded in the public's imagination--golf's popul... View More...
