The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World's Greatest Game

by Charles McGrath and David McCormick

Book Overview

In this golfer's ultimate delight, Charles McGrath and David McCormick have compiled a unique combination of golf history and original essays by some of golf's greatest (and best-selling) writers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 061814546X
• ISBN13: 9780618145461
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Can't Play, then can Read

I have only had time to read a few of the many stories in this book, but the stories I've read have been excellent and I expect to be entertained in the future when for what ever reason I can't get out on the course.

Entertaining and a good read

A great book for enthusiasts of golf history. Instead of laying out the story of the game in a linear fashion, the book is a series of essays along themes, among them "Scotland," "America," "Equipment," "The Early Tour Years," and "Television." Sprinkled in among the main chapters are personal essays by great writers of golf -- Rick Reilly, Dan Jenkins, Curt Sampson, Lee Eisenberg -- writing about subjects such as the golf pro, playing with better players, and the ideal golf hole. The book is breezy, entertaining, and full of great quotes about the simple joys and miseries of this wonderful game: "The hole, in essence, is a seductress that juggles a golfer's heart and sould by trading on greed and fear" and getting in touch with "another, better teacher -- the one inside you, the silent pro, who is just dying to be consulted, if only you would pay attention for a change."