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Synopsis In 1956 two millionaires placed a wager on whether two of golf's retired greats, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, could defeat Havie Ward and Ken Venturi, two of the shining stars of the amateur circuit. The match would become part of golfing lore, and Mark Frost presents the game in its full grandeur, giving a blow-by-blow of the battle on the links, providing colorful portraits of the players and characters involved in the match, and showing how the match was a turning point in the history of the sport.
| Size | | Length: | 260 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Industry Reviews "[O]ne of the best books ever written about golf..." (11/01/2009)
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