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The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia - Hardcover

Sampson, Curt

 
9780679457534: The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0679457534 ISBN 13: 9780679457534
Verlag: Villard Books, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

A revelatory history of the most prestigious tournament in golf highlights the wins and losses of the contest's famous names and illuminates the local politics, racism, finances, and publicity involved in its six and a half decades. 50,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Curt Sampson was a junior, amateur, and college golfer. He has written three other books: <b>The Eternal Summer, Full Court Pressure</b>, and <b>Hogan</b>. <br><br>Sampson lives in Ennis, Texas, with his wife and two children.

Aus dem Klappentext

golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. As it is the only major golf tournament to return to the same site year after year, much of the fascination is historical. <br> <br>But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling <b>Hogan</b>, reveals in <b>The Masters</b>, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum façade of this famous Augusta course. And that heart belongs to the man who killed himself on the grounds two decades ago. Club and tournament founder Clifford Roberts, a New York stockbroker, still seems to run the place from his grave. Roberts, an elusive and reclusive figure, pulled the strings that made the Masters the greatest golf tournament in the world. His story--including his relationships with presidents, power brokers

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Verlag
Villard Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0679457534
ISBN 13 
9780679457534
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
263
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