A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour - Couverture souple

Feinstein, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0751517240 ISBN 13 : 9780751517248

Editeur : Sphere, 1996

Synopsis

[ A GOOD WALK SPOILED DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE PGA TOUR BY FEINSTEIN, JOHN](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

The golf book of the season...his dissection of the pressures of life where the cost oe one fluffed shot can be counted in tens of thousands of dollars will provide a salutary check to the dreams of a legion of club golfers. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Feinstein is a brilliant reporter, a remorseless digger for information with a gift for establishing affinities with golfers reputedly reluctant to bare their souls ... There is an excellent profile of Tom Watson, which pumps blood into that enigmatic figure, and no better observation of Nick Faldo's obsession with the game has ever been written ... The professional golf circuit is now a manic, driven circus and Feinstein, without plunging into tabloid mire, has captured it in a sweeping canvas ... A stunning documentary on the modern professional game (Ian Wooldride in THE GUARDIAN)

Excellent. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

A sparkling account... If you only read one sports book a year, this is the one. (THE ECONOMIST)

Worthy of a place in the front rank of sports books ... So thorough that you can almost see the golfer's spike marks on each page (THE TIMES)

Highly recommended (SUNDAY TIMES)

Feinstein gets right inside the mindset, capturing the insularity, the comradeship and the little barbs of bitterness. The catty relationship between the superstars of golf and the workaday professionals who make up the supporting cast on the tour provided splendid material ... A wonderful portrait of a professional sport and a swathe of American society (IRISH TIMES)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the highly acclaimed bestseller A Good Walk Spoiled, John Feinstein captures the world of professional golf as it has never been captured before. Traveling with the golfers on the PGA Tour, Feinstein gets inside the heads of the game's greatest players as well as its struggling wannabes. Meet superstars like Nick Price, who nailed a fifty-foot putt at the seventeenth to win the British Open, and Paul Azinger, who marked his return from a bout with cancer with an emotional appearance at the Buick Open. Go behind the scenes for Davis Love III's unforgettable come-from-behind victory in the Ryder Cup. In golf, Feinstein eloquently relates, the line that separates triumph from disappointment is incredibly fine. "One week you've discovered the secret to the game; the next week you never want to play it again".

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Sphere
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0751517240
• ISBN 13: 9780751517248
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496