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The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever Author: Mark Frost Binding: Hardcover Published: 2007-11-06 ISBN: 1401302785 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours from Hyperion Price: $16.47 Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 "Golf Match" "Golf as it used to be . . . in beautifully drafted prose" "If you liked this book, you MUST read this interview!" "The best book on golf competition I have ever read."   Ready to buy? Price: $16.47 List Price: $24.95 You save: $8.48 (33%)

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Golf Match
  This is a very interesting book about a little-known golf match between two famous golf pros and two amateurs. It is an easy read with some interesting historical facts about the evolution of professional golf in the U.S.

• Golf as it used to be . . . in beautifully drafted prose
  You can almost see the course contours, smell the salt air and feel the lush grass underfoot in this epic depiction of the towering talents of four larger-than-life golf heroes. If this were fiction, the reader would beguiled by the sheer momentum in this solitary golf match . . . but it is absolutely true!
  I caddied once in my youth for one of the golfing giants prtrayed in this book and later in life interviewed one of the players in THE MATCH so I have a more-than-passing interest in this memorable... more info

• If you liked this book, you MUST read this interview!
  I found this incredible interview regarding how the game of Golf has changed over the years. You wouldn't believe the evolution! If you have any interest in the history of Golf, this is a must read. If you want to become even more knowledgeable on the subject, scroll to the bottom of the interview and get in touch with the author. After reading, I guarantee you will be able to lead the most interesting discussions and impress your friends!
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• The best book on golf competition I have ever read.
  
  In The Greatest Game Ever Played, Mark Frost provides a brilliant account of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet's 18-hole playoff victory over Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, where Ouimet once caddied. That said, I think his account of an 18-hole match at Cypress Point Golf Club on the Monterey Peninsula (just before the annual "Crosby Clambake" in 1956) between professionals Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson against amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken... more info

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