Lyle Slovick

Trials and Triumphs of Golf's Greatest Champions

A Legacy of Hope

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Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the inspirational stories of seven famous golfers who refused to let physical and emotional trials stop them from playing the game they love. The golfers include Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Charlie Sifford, Ken Venturi, and caddy Bruce Edwards.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781442261181
• ISBN-10: 1442261188
• Artikelnr.: 43955265

Autorenporträt

Lyle Slovick is a consultant for the United States Golf Association, a historian, and writer. He was the Assistant University Archivist at George Washington University in the Special Collections Department of the Gelman Library. While there, Slovick served as co-editor of the online publication "GW Historical Encyclopedia," contributing over 330 articles, and his writing has appeared in Washington History magazine and Through the Green, a journal of the British Golf Collectors Society. Slovick is the author of the novel Three Days in Elysian Fields. He is also a Level I Affiliate Member of the U.S. Golf Teachers Federation, teaching beginning golfers the game since 2005.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Foreword Preface The Game: "It All Comes Back to Character"
Chapter 1: Harry Vardon: "Never Despair" Chapter 2: Bobby Jones: "We Have
to Play the Ball as It Lies" Chapter 3: Ben Hogan: "The Human Body Is a
Great Machine" Chapter 4: Babe Didrikson Zaharias: "Spiritual Muscle"
Chapter 5: Charlie Sifford: "What Kept Me Going? I Don't Know. . ." Chapter
6: Ken Venturi: "I Still Think It Was a Miracle" Chapter 7: Bruce Edwards:
"I'm Just Trying to Carry On" Notes Appendix: Players' Records Bibliography
About the Author