Bravo
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- Aug 27, 2004
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I would recommend The Greatest Game Ever Played. It is the story of Francis Ouimet in the U.S. Open Championship. While having the qualities of a fine novel, it explains the early origins of professional golf, both in the United Kingdom as well as in North America. You will learn about the great early professionals, most of them British, and how they came over the pond and began to spark broad interest in the game of golf for the first time.
And Francis Ouimet, a largely self-taught man-child from a poor family, who grew up across the street from the Country Club in Brookline Mass and how he won the US Open in a driving rainstorm over the world's best players....
So when you've had enough 'swing thoughts' put into your mind after reading all of the instructional stuff and just want to relax...open this up and you won't put it down. A fine literary piece of writing.
And for pure belly laughs, read Rick Reilly's "Whose your Caddy?"
And Francis Ouimet, a largely self-taught man-child from a poor family, who grew up across the street from the Country Club in Brookline Mass and how he won the US Open in a driving rainstorm over the world's best players....
So when you've had enough 'swing thoughts' put into your mind after reading all of the instructional stuff and just want to relax...open this up and you won't put it down. A fine literary piece of writing.
And for pure belly laughs, read Rick Reilly's "Whose your Caddy?"