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The match : the day the game of golf changed forever / Mark Frost.

Frost, Mark, 1953- (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1401302785
  • ISBN: 9781401302788
  • ISBN: 9781401309619
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Hyperion, [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.
Subject:
Lowery, Eddie.
Golf > California > Pebble Beach > History.

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