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THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN PRINT ON THE MAJOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS OF GOLF This is the ninth book by Alun Evans on
Golf's four biggest events - the Masters, The US Open, The Open
Championship and the PGA of America Championship since the
original, now comparatively scratchy, survey saw the light of day
in 1998. In order to make the review as close to an annual update
as possible, much material form older editions has been omitted to
save space and to keep costs down. For those readers who want to
know about the first 150 years of Majors in detail, ie from 1860 to
2010, you are pointed to the jam-packed 750 pages of the author's
From Old Tom to the Tiger, which was nominated in 2012 for the
British Sports Book of the Year. The years 2011 and 2012 are
covered in depth in the author's year books of 2012 and 2013, now
suitably discounted, of course. Alun Evans' Golf Majors Book, 2014
does exactly as it says on the tin. It covers in detail the Majors
of 2013, when Adam Scott deservedly won his first Major at the
Masters; Justin Rose became the first Englishman to win the US Open
since Tony Jacklin in 1970; Phil Mickelson at last added the Old
Claret Jug to his portfolio; and super-cool Jason Dufner mugged
everyone at Oak Hill to collect the PGA Championship - and, like
Scott and Rose, became a Major Champion for the first time. Details
can be found in this edition of the golf courses to be used in the
2014 round of Majors, based on first-hand information gleaned from
the host sites and/or the organizing committees of each.
Particularly of interest in 2014 will be the back-to-basic
topography of Donald Ross' Pinehurst No2 in the US Open after the
Coore and Crenshaw overhaul. And of course, there are the Records.
Fully updated stats and full players' records are to be found for
those appearing in the 21st Century; plus the expected CVs of those
greats of golf who became Major Champions before the change in
millennium and the Hall of Fame compiles for comparison the records
of the top 100 performers in Majors.
This is the story of golf's Major Championships which began in the
mid-19th century, before the formation of almost all international
sport as we know it today. The (British) Open Championship was
born, as an afterthought really, in 1860 when just eight odd-bods
played the Prestwick links. It tells the tale of golf's struggle to
grow in Scotland; of the proto-professional eking out a living from
playing (and wagering) and doubling as a caddie, or greenkeeping
and repairing equipment. It marks the early supremacy of 'Old Tom'
Morris and then the Englishmen, Harry Vardon and JH Taylor, before
recounting the evangelical enthusiasm by which America converted
itself to golf. It tells of an inaugural US Open as early as 1895,
within a decade of the first Club being formed, and the (US) PGA
Championship following in 1916. With the Great War over, the story
of Walter Hagen and Bobby Jones, one the slick pro, the other the
classy amateur, is recalled as they carved up the 1920s between
them, before an invitational sideshow by Jones for his chums
developed into the 'The Masters Tournament'. It relates how Byron
Nelson, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead fought for hegemony through the
global tumult of the 1940s to segue seamlessly into the next
generation, and modern times. It shows us how 'The Big Three'
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player - then assumed the
mantle; how Palmer, possessing all the pizzazz made for such an
age, was generally attributed with coining the term 'Majors', just
as golf became big in the booming TV age around the turn of the
1960s. It goes on to tell how Arnie and his cohorts delivered golf
to the world as a major sport; and through them, the Golf Majors of
The Open, US Open, PGA Championship and Masters Tournament, as an
entity, became real. The story is brought up to date, after
introducing new superstars like Tom Watson, Lee Trevino and Seve
Ballesteros, with the Golf Majors hitting the 21st century and the
wonder that is (maybe was?) 'Tiger' Woods. Here, 150 years of the
phenomenon that is golf is encapsulated through its greatest
events. Alun Evans' consummate one volume chronicle of golf's
greatest Championships - the so-called MAJORS - is an encyclopedic
package on the subject: indeed, it has no peers. From Old Tom to
the Tiger is a deliberate retrospective to celebrate 150 years of
Majors golf, not just a stat pack for the nerdy and needy. It is
unique in its scope; nothing can compare with it in golf, indeed in
sport, for its detail and accuracy. But it is as much about
storytelling as facts and figures; yet it's statistically more
detailed than anything seen before. The author tells the story
through an engaging, lively narrative, and, not forsaking the
anoraks, backs it up with complete results; a results CV for every
player who started a Major; and enough records to shake a stick at.
Even jam-packed with anecdotes and facts, it is still portable
enough to tote around the fairways and greens of Major
Championships - and just as much a stand-by in the home, next to
the TV, of course.
This is Alun Evans' eighth GOLF MAJORS book. Critically acclaimed
as the definitive, ongoing record of golf's premier Championships,
the 2013 edition has been further extended by some 30 pages to
provide more sections and greater depth to the most recent Majors,
whilst still retaining the fullest historical record of these
events. The natural progression and extension of the awesome From
Old Tom to the Tiger (2011), Alun Evans' The Golf Majors Book, 2013
continues the story, comprehensively recounting the 2012
Championships and looking forward to those of 2013. It tells of the
new American breed: the breath of fresh air that is new Masters
Champion Bubba Watson; and the young star Webb Simpson, who
collected the US Open title, only his third success on Tour, all
coming within a 10-month period. It recalls, too, the return of the
glory days for Ernie Els, an Open Champion again after a ten year
period without any Majors success; and the feats of a genuine
contender for the crown of Tiger Woods, Ulster's Rory McIlroy, who
picked up the year's final Major, the PGA Championship at Kiawah
Island, his second Major title in as many years. Packed with facts
and stats, yet highly readable, this is the only book anyone would
need on THE GOLF MAJORS
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