The Match

The Match Hogan, Nelson, Venturi, Ward, and a Day That Changed the Game of Golf Forever

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 living professionals.
In Mark Frost's peerless hands, complete with the recollections of all the participants, the story of this foursome and the greatest private match ever played comes vividly to life.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780751540406
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Sphere
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.352660979476
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 260
Weight: 204g
Height: 196mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 18mm