The Grand Slam - Bobby Jones, America and the story of golf (Paperback, New ed)

In the wake of the 1929 stock-market crash, an amateur golfer began a decade of unparalleled achievement, seeming a ray of light in an otherwise depressed America. Bobby Jones won the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the US Open and the US Amateur Championship. A new phrase was born: The Grand Slam. A modest, sensitive man, a lawyer from a middle-class Atlanta family, Jones had barely survived a sickly childhood, and took up golf at the age of five for health reasons. He made his debut at the US Amateur Championship in 1916 and his genius was recognised by his inspiration, Francis Ouimet. However, he had an ungovernable temper and it wasn't until 1923 that Jones harnessed his talent and eclipsed Ouimet. His health was never good and the strain of completing the Slam exacted a ferocious toll; the US Open, played in July in blazing heat, nearly killed him. Jones fought to keep his fragile condition a secret from a country suffering from the Depression, but at the age of 28, after winning the US Amateur, he retired. His abrupt disappearance at the height of his renown inspired an impenetrable myth, to this day still fiercely protected by family and friends.

General

Imprint:	Sphere
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2006
Authors:	Mark Frost
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	431
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7515-3575-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Golf
LSN:	0-7515-3575-3
Barcode:	9780751535754

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