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In a long, award-winning career writing about golf, Bill Fields has sought out the most interesting stories—not just those featuring big winners and losers, but the ones that get at the very character of the game. Collected here, his pieces offer an intriguing portrait of golf over the past century. The legends are here in vivid profiles of such familiar figures as Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Mickey Wright, and Tiger Woods. But so are lesser-known golfers like John Schlee, Billy Joe Patton, and Bert Yancey, whose tales are no less compelling.
The book is filled with colorful moments and perceptive observations about golf greats ranging from the first American-born U.S. Open champion, Johnny McDermott, to Seve Ballesteros, the Spaniard who led Europe’s resurgence in the game in the late twentieth century. Fields gives us golf writing at its finest, capturing the game’s larger dramas and finer details, its personalities and its enduring appeal.
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"When you are the best writer in golf (as Bill Fields most certainly is) and you take thirty of your best works from a three decade career and assemble them in one book the result is fairly predictable: A terrific read. The book is broken up into three sections: The Greats, Courses and Competitions and The Characters.The book flows beautifully from early stories of Harry Vardon and the son he never really knew to Francis Ouimet's dramatic 1913 U.S. Open victory. There is a story of the author's round with Sam Snead (he almost took him down), Arnold Palmer's heartbreaking collapse in the 1966 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club and the book ends with a terrific essay on the Tiger Era. Thirty stories, thirty great reads. Anyone who loves and appreciates the game will love this book. I highly recommend it."
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Arnie Seve and a Fleck of Golf History Heroes Underdogs Courses and Championships Bill Fields Ben Crenshaw 9780803248809 Books Reviews :
Arnie Seve and a Fleck of Golf History Heroes Underdogs Courses and Championships Bill Fields Ben Crenshaw 9780803248809 Books Reviews
- This book is a series of articles that have appeared in a leading golf magazine over the past 20 years or so. The articles are well written and interesting, but I'm not impressed when someone recycles past work and calls it a book. As a previous reviewer pointed out, the stories are difficult to place because the date of the original article isn't given until the end - so phrases like "last year" aren't at all clear. All of the stories are dated, some as far back as the early 90s, so timely does not describe this book. There are much better golf books.
- A great compilation of stories reflecting on the interesting characters and moments in golf history. Written in short story and article fashion the book certainly kept my interest. Field's is a great writer and his historical accounts included in his book brought back some recall as well as answered questions like, "I wondered whatever happened to that guy?" A good read.......HDG.
- This compilation of articles stitches golf history and character studies together in terms that relate to everyman. After all, pro golfers sometimes share the same frailties and character flaws of the ordinary, while only a select few manage to rise high above and soar among the stars, even if for only a brief moment. The nice thing about this format is each article is a self contained story, yet fits tightly together, as if meant for each other. Some stories will make you think, while others will make you laugh, and a few may bring a tear. Excellent work, and a most enjoyable read, whether a golf lover or not.
- When you are the best writer in golf (as Bill Fields most certainly is) and you take thirty of your best works from a three decade career and assemble them in one book the result is fairly predictable A terrific read. The book is broken up into three sections The Greats, Courses and Competitions and The Characters.The book flows beautifully from early stories of Harry Vardon and the son he never really knew to Francis Ouimet's dramatic 1913 U.S. Open victory. There is a story of the author's round with Sam Snead (he almost took him down), Arnold Palmer's heartbreaking collapse in the 1966 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club and the book ends with a terrific essay on the Tiger Era. Thirty stories, thirty great reads. Anyone who loves and appreciates the game will love this book. I highly recommend it.
- very candid short biographies of all the stars of golf over the past sixty years or so.
Interesting for all golfers and lovers of the game and its history.The author is a very
knowlegible and experienced golf journalist who has been in contact with many
of the famous golfers. recommend it to all golfers, young and old. - Extremely interesting close-up views of many of golf's heroes and tragic characters told by writer with a keen appreciation of golf, golf history, and perspective. Very enjoyable and informative.
- Nice collection of stories written for golfing mags. I guess I expect ed more. I read it on a kindle and that version didn't tell you when the story was written until the end of the story so when the story mentioned two years ago I didn't know if he was referring to 2001 or 1961. That's was a little annoying.
- A most enjoyable read. The book is made up of approx 30 separate self contained "articles" on a selection of noteworthy golf identities from the last few decades. Some of the subjects are less than mega famous but in many ways thereby all the more interesting.
