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The Match
Mark Frost
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Description for The Match
Paperback. The definitive account of a little-known but extraordinary match between two golfing legends and two young amateurs on the eve of Bing Crosby's pro-am tournament in 1956. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8pp of b/w. BIC Classification: WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
The year: 1956. Eddie Lowery, once caddie to Francis Ouimet, now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, boasts to fellow millionaire George Coleman that two of his salesmen - US amateur champion Harvie Ward and up-and-coming star Ken Venturi - could beat any golfers in the world in a best ball match. Coleman asks Lowery how he plans to prove it. 'Bring any two golfers of your choice to the course tomorrow morning,' Lowery tells him, 'and we'll settle the issue.' Coleman shows up all right - with Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest ... Read more
The year: 1956. Eddie Lowery, once caddie to Francis Ouimet, now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, boasts to fellow millionaire George Coleman that two of his salesmen - US amateur champion Harvie Ward and up-and-coming star Ken Venturi - could beat any golfers in the world in a best ball match. Coleman asks Lowery how he plans to prove it. 'Bring any two golfers of your choice to the course tomorrow morning,' Lowery tells him, 'and we'll settle the issue.' Coleman shows up all right - with Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
204g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751540406
SKU
V9780751540406
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Ref
99-50
About Mark Frost
Mark Frost is the author of THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED and THE GRAND SLAM. He has written and produced several television series, including Twin Peaks and Hill Street Blues.
Reviews for The Match
Gripping and exceptionally well researched and written Times A fantastic insight into the course and four of the world's greatest golfers GQ