Description for Open Secrets
Hardcover.
The Open Championship has been a high point of the British sporting calendar for 150 years, but few have been so memorable as in 2009. After four heady days on the fabled Turnberry links (one day it went see, the next it went saw) Tom Watson, an all-tim e great but nearly 60 and with an artificial hip, faced an eight-foot putt to become not just the oldest but also the most successful (along with Harry Vardon) player in Open history. The golfing world held its breath. History hung on the roll of a small white ball. As drama it ... Read more
The Open Championship has been a high point of the British sporting calendar for 150 years, but few have been so memorable as in 2009. After four heady days on the fabled Turnberry links (one day it went see, the next it went saw) Tom Watson, an all-tim e great but nearly 60 and with an artificial hip, faced an eight-foot putt to become not just the oldest but also the most successful (along with Harry Vardon) player in Open history. The golfing world held its breath. History hung on the roll of a small white ball. As drama it ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown London
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
1st Edition
Yes
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
V good
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408702079
SKU
KNW0007616
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About Winder
Robert Winder was literary editor of the INDEPENDENT for five years and deputy editor of Granta magazine. He has written two novels and the bestselling Abacus non-fiction title BLOODY FOREIGNERS.
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