American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods.
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During the Depressionâ€”after the exploits of Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones (winning the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930) had faded in the publicâ€™s imaginationâ€”golfâ€™s popularity fell year after year, and as a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia who had dedicated themselves to the game yet could look forward only to eking out a subsistence living along with millions of other Americans. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominantâ€”each setting a host of recordsâ€”that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it.
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Sports fans in general are well aware of Hogan and Nelson and Snead, but even the most devoted golfers will learn a great many new things about them here. Their hundredth birthdays will be commemorated throughout 2012â€”Nelson born in February, Snead in May, and Hogan in Augustâ€”but as this comprehensive and compelling account vividly demonstrates, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-03-13
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307272492

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-03-13
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307272492

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

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