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The Match
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Hogan and Nelson vs. two amateurs, for a bet.
In 1956, two millionaires made a bet: could amateurs Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward beat any two golfers in a best-ball match? The answer came the next morning at Cypress Point, when Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson showed up. Mark Frost, author of The Greatest Game Ever Played, rebuilds the round drawing on the recollections of all four players. It moves fast, and you don't need to be a golf historian to enjoy it.
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How it reads
Easy read
Best for
- Golf history fans
- Fans of The Greatest Game Ever Played
- A gift for a golfer
About this book
- Author
- Mark Frost
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Published
- March 17, 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN-10
- 1401309615
- ISBN-13
- 978-1401309619
Book description
The chronicle of a casual bet between two millionaires that pitted two of the greatest golfers of the era - Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan - against top amateurs Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi.
The year: 1956. Decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the ten-year-old caddie to U.S. Open champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, Lowery has just made a bet with fellow millionaire George Coleman.
Lowery claims that two of his employees, amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, cannot be beaten in a best-ball match, and challenges Coleman to bring any two golfers of his choice to the course at 10 a.m. the next day to settle the issue.
Coleman accepts the challenge and shows up with his own power team: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest living professionals, with fourteen major championships between them.
Drawing on the recollections of all the participants, Mark Frost brings to life the story of this foursome and the game they played that day - known in golf circles as the greatest private match ever played.
About the author
Mark Frost is the author of The Greatest Game Ever Played and The Grand Slam, along with the bestselling novels The List of 7, The 6 Messiahs and Before I Wake. He received a Writers Guild Award and an Emmy nomination as executive story editor on Hill Street Blues, and was the co-creator and executive producer of Twin Peaks. He lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York.
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