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The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament
David Owen
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'The Masters is the one tournament that every golfer wants to win' - Sam Snead Played on the magnificent Augusta National Course, with the dogwoods and azaleas in dazzling bloom, the Masters has become the dividing line between winter and spring, and the hallmark of greatness for the pros who walk its fairways. The story of the tournament and the club are inseparable from that of its founding chairman, Clifford Roberts. David Owen was given unprecedented, unlimited access to the archives, records, and memories of the Augusta National Golf Club and its members, to write a full, thorough look at ... Read more
'The Masters is the one tournament that every golfer wants to win' - Sam Snead Played on the magnificent Augusta National Course, with the dogwoods and azaleas in dazzling bloom, the Masters has become the dividing line between winter and spring, and the hallmark of greatness for the pros who walk its fairways. The story of the tournament and the club are inseparable from that of its founding chairman, Clifford Roberts. David Owen was given unprecedented, unlimited access to the archives, records, and memories of the Augusta National Golf Club and its members, to write a full, thorough look at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780684867519
SKU
V9780684867519
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About David Owen
David Owen plays in a weekly foursome, takes mulligans off the first tee, practices intermittently at best, wore a copper wristband because Steve Ballesteros said so, and struggles for consistency even though his swing is consistent -- just mediocre. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker, a contributing editor to Golf Digest, and a frequent contributor to The ... Read more
Reviews for The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament
Jaime Diaz New York Times Book Review Owen accomplishes something...important and long overdue in this sometimes revelatory work
Clifford Roberts is humanized. The Wall Street Journal Owen makes us wish we had known Roberts, if only to judge him for ourselves
no small achievement. He writes beautifully...meandering through the familiar byways, enveloping us in the Augusta-ness of it ... Read more
Clifford Roberts is humanized. The Wall Street Journal Owen makes us wish we had known Roberts, if only to judge him for ourselves
no small achievement. He writes beautifully...meandering through the familiar byways, enveloping us in the Augusta-ness of it ... Read more