Following Through Writings on Golf eBook Herbert Warren Wind
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The definitive collection of a legendary sportswriter’s reflections on his favorite game
In this classic anthology, Herbert Warren Wind recreates Ben Hogan’s stirring performance in the third round of the 1967 Masters, when the fifty-four-year-old former champion turned back the clock to birdie six of the final nine holes and send spectators home “as exhilarated as schoolboys.”
At the 1964 US Open, the dean of American golf writers captures the drama and excitement of “one of the most inspiring stories in American golf” Ken Venturi’s heroic victory over Arnold Palmer, Tommy Jacobs, and a case of heat exhaustion to win his only major championship.
From Harry Vardon to Steve Ballesteros, Pebble Beach to Ballybunion, the British Open to the President’s Putter, this generous and entertaining volume contains Herbert Warren Wind’s most famous essays on the sport he loved above all others. Vivid, eloquent, and insightful, Following Through showcases a master craftsman at the very top of his form.
In this classic anthology, Herbert Warren Wind recreates Ben Hogan’s stirring performance in the third round of the 1967 Masters, when the fifty-four-year-old former champion turned back the clock to birdie six of the final nine holes and send spectators home “as exhilarated as schoolboys.”
At the 1964 US Open, the dean of American golf writers captures the drama and excitement of “one of the most inspiring stories in American golf” Ken Venturi’s heroic victory over Arnold Palmer, Tommy Jacobs, and a case of heat exhaustion to win his only major championship.
From Harry Vardon to Steve Ballesteros, Pebble Beach to Ballybunion, the British Open to the President’s Putter, this generous and entertaining volume contains Herbert Warren Wind’s most famous essays on the sport he loved above all others. Vivid, eloquent, and insightful, Following Through showcases a master craftsman at the very top of his form.
Following Through Writings on Golf eBook Herbert Warren Wind
You have to wind back in time to appreciate this book, which may not have appeal to younger generations. But it is a fact that Herbie Wind was the last writer to turn an account of a golf tournament into literature, and to make it entertaining and informative at the same time. Wind's accounts of golf's "majors" were provided in The New Yorker, which in his time allowed prodigious amounts of space for its articles. His best accounts are of the Masters, and "Folllowing Through" has plenty of these. Wind had an inherently sympathetic attachment to the players, their challenges, their good and bad moments, all of which came to remind that golf, played even at the highest level, can be a pretty cruel game. Noteworthy in this book is his account of "The President's Putter", which is a gathering of British Class each January at a club in the Southeast of England. Describing how these fellows got around in such miserable conditions, and seemed to enjoy it all, is one of his better chapters. There are also wonderful portraits of some of golf's greats, and most of all, his accounts of the Masters and the culture of Bobby Jones.Product details
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Following Through Writings on Golf eBook Herbert Warren Wind Reviews
Wind has written about golf in the way we think it should always be. In the days of golf carts and seven minute tee times it is refreshing to read about golf the way it should be played. In the unhurried country of Scotland or the demanding bunkers of Oakmont - it doesn't matter. Wind takes you there with his words. From Bobby Jones to The Putter Tournament Mr. Wind writes with such description and heart that it is hard to put this timeless classic down. It made me want to read all of Wind's classics and go across the pond to play the game in the old country.
You have to wind back in time to appreciate this book, which may not have appeal to younger generations. But it is a fact that Herbie Wind was the last writer to turn an account of a golf tournament into literature, and to make it entertaining and informative at the same time. Wind's accounts of golf's "majors" were provided in The New Yorker, which in his time allowed prodigious amounts of space for its articles. His best accounts are of the Masters, and "Folllowing Through" has plenty of these. Wind had an inherently sympathetic attachment to the players, their challenges, their good and bad moments, all of which came to remind that golf, played even at the highest level, can be a pretty cruel game. Noteworthy in this book is his account of "The President's Putter", which is a gathering of British Class each January at a club in the Southeast of England. Describing how these fellows got around in such miserable conditions, and seemed to enjoy it all, is one of his better chapters. There are also wonderful portraits of some of golf's greats, and most of all, his accounts of the Masters and the culture of Bobby Jones.
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