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In 1930, young amateur golfer Bobby Jones mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, this natural, self-taught player captured four major golf championships, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it. Author Mark Frost provides an unprecedented intimate portrait of this golf great.
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Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world's most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established...
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Based on the true story of Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., who rises from complete obscurity to become a golfing legend. Jones overcomes his own fierce temper, intense passion, and perfectionist tendencies to master the game and wins the Grand Slam, the U.S., British, and Amateur Opens in golf, a feat unequaled even today. But it is Jones's style, personality, and character that separate him from the other professionals in his field. When Jones realizes that...
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