Curt Sampson
1) Hogan
Author
Publisher
Rutledge Hill Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
This updated edition of a NEW YORK TIMES best seller includes a final chapter, which chronicles the last years of his life and examines his enduring legacy. Included are quotes and tributes from many of golf's greats such as Byron Nelson and a perceptive assessment of the life and legend of the man who may have been the greatest golfer ever-Ben Hogan.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The incredible true story of Tiger Woods's dramatic return to glory at the 2019 Masters following his humbling and very public personal, physical, and professional setbacks. One publicly imploded marriage. Two car accidents. Eight surgeries. And now, a miracle of hard work and storied talent: five Masters wins. Once hailed as 'the greatest closer in history'; before he fell further than any beloved athlete in America's memory, Tiger swung at the...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely champion. An unprecedented accomplishment. A powerful story of a man on the verge of becoming a legend-at a time when the nation needed every hero it could get. In the 1930s, Bobby Jones did what no golfer had done before-and what no golfer has done since-he won all four major championships in one year. This dominant performance earned him untold riches and the adoration of the public. He had two tickertape parades to commemorate...
Author
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
As Curt Sampson reveals in The Masters, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum facade of this famous Augusta course. And that heart belongs to the man who killed himself on the grounds two decades ago. Club and tournament founder Clifford Roberts, a New York stockbroker, still seems to run the place from his grave. Roberts, an elusive and reclusive figure, pulled the strings that made the Masters the greatest golf tournament in the world. His...
Author
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"The thread of Royal and Ancient is the 1999 championship ... the most astonishing four days in British Open history. Sampson follows individual players as they meet the gut-wrenching challenge of the links at Carnoustie; the icy classicist, Steve Elkington; the good-looking bon vivant, Andrew Magee; the struggling hopeful, clark Dennis; Zane Scotland, the youngest Open qualifier in history."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history, and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever, reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoir.