Excellent Recollection of the Birth of Professional Golf

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	• The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever Mark Frost Hyperion, 2007 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 55 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A great read for golf history

This little book is packed with history of the game of golf. The Match was the perfect vehicle to present the six characters who make this event come to life. Thanks for introducing me to Harvie Ward. To anyone who plays, loves, and/or enjoys this game you must take the few hours it takes to read this compelling story.

The Match

If you ejoyed The Greatest Game Ever Played, this is a must. If you play and enjoy golf, this is a must. Was Byron Nelson really that good in '45? Tiger-ya got aways ta go.
The surrounding stories of the players of that incredible day are wonderfully told. Imagine watching Ken Venturi at his amatuer peak, learning about Harvey Ward, was he really considered the second coming of Bobby Jones? The amateurs vs the pros, and not just any pros but Nelson and Hogan. Stroke by stroke, I could actually envision the day, the course, the event...what I wouldn't have given to be there.

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Fascinating Book for Golfers

I loved this book and so did my husband. It does help that I knew and worked with Harvie and that I used to go watch Bing Crosby Tournaments in the 70's.

Excellent Recollection of the Birth of Professional Golf

This book is an excellent history of the birth of PGA golf in America. It goes into detail the lives of many of the great players who elevated the game to today's level. Such greats as: Ken Venturi, Ben Hogan, and Byron Nelson; along with several amateur players. This is a must read for any golf nut!

One Of This Year's Two Essential Golf Books

Two recent golf books stand out above all others: The Match and Fairway to Hell: Around the World in 18 Holes, which is far and way the most hilarious and insightful. I looked forward to The Match because I had heard it takes place at Cypress Point and I've always dreamed of playing that course, so it was a treat to walk and play it with some of the greatest golfers of all time. In case you haven't heard, the centerpiece of this story is a casual best ball match play round between Ben Hogan and Bryron Nelson (representing the pros) and Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward (representing the amateurs). The time is 1956 and Venturi and Ward are the last of the gentleman amateurs playing at the highest levels of the game. The event is precipitated by a bet instigated by none other than Eddie Lowery, the pint-sized ten-year old caddie from "Greatest Game" who has (believe it or not) become a millionaire California car dealer. This connection to the earlier book is more than a coincidence and Lowery becomes more important to the story than one might expect. The Match is required reading for any serious golfer. On one level learning more about the life story and personality of these great players as well as that of Cypress Point and the Crosby Clambake are quintessential elements of the glory of golf in America. As before, Mark Frost does an amazing job illuminating this background (including a great recounting of the famous Hogan comeback after his accident.)

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