The match : the day the game of golf changed forever / Mark Frost.
A chronicle of a lesser-known 1956 golf match documents how Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi competed against the leading players as a result of a bet between sponsors Eddie Lowery and George Coleman, in a competition that helped promote golf into a professional sport.
Record details
- ISBN: 1401302785
- ISBN: 9781401302788
- ISBN: 9781401309619
- Physical Description: 260 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Hyperion, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The clambake -- Coleman's cocktail party -- Eddie -- The bet -- Ken -- The first tee -- The opening holes -- Byron -- Into the woods -- Harvie -- The dunes -- Ben -- The back nine -- Byron & Ben -- Back to the sea -- Hogan alone -- The finish -- The 1956 clambake -- Afterwards.
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- Lowery, Eddie.
Golf > California > Pebble Beach > History.
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| Marion Library | 796.352 FRO (Text) | 37810434583372 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 796.352 F (Text) | 39493107115869 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | 796.352 FRO (Text) | 30005100228587 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | 796.352 FRO (Text) | 540191010004098 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | 796.352 (Text) | 33115006565946 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | 796.3526 F (Text) | 31781042091445 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
| East Bend Public Library | 796.352 FRO (Text) | 30667100165828 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| King Public Library | 796.352 FRO (Text) | 40599000710908 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | 796.352F (Text) | 33262003172704 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | 796.35 F (Text) | 25908005291161 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
A chronicle of a lesser-known 1956 golf match documents how Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi competed against the leading players as a result of a bet between sponsors Eddie Lowery and George Coleman, in a competition that helped promote golf into a professional sport.
