Golf . . . is a sport in which the whole American family can
participate--fathers and mothers, sons and daughters alike. It
offers healthy respite from daily toil, refreshment of body and
mind.
. --President Dwight D. Eisenhower. .
On January 24, 1953, four days after his inauguration, the "New
York Times" reported that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had been
spotted on the White House lawn practicing his short irons in the
direction of the Washington Monument. This image of The Golfing
General was one that the American public quickly became accustomed
to, as Eisenhower is said to have played nearly 800 rounds during
the course of his two-term presidency. He befriended the game's
most beloved players, including Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Byron
Nelson, and was the subject of hundreds of golf jokes and
cartoons..
The public's awareness of Eisenhower's obsession with golf led
directly to the sport's mid-century surge in popularity. In "Don't
Ask What I Shot," noted historian Catherine M. Lewis offers a
unique alternate portrait of Ike and this watershed period in
American history.. .
Any time you have a person in the position of President
Eisenhower, who was so enthusiastic about golf and had the press
paying attention to his many excursions on the golf course, it was
going to make people aware of the game and how much he enjoyed
playing it.
. --Arnold Palmer. .
""Don't Ask What I Shot" is a fascinating examination of one of
golf's pivotal decades, and the remarkable president who did more
to popularize the game than any other in history."
-Mark Frost, award-winning author of "Grand Slam" and "The
Greatest Game Ever Played," .
"Whatever remained to be doneto remove the last traces of the
average man's carefully nurtured prejudice against a game
originally linked with the wealthy and aloof was done by President
Eisenhower."
--Herbert Warren Wind, renowned golf writer. . . .
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