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Making the Masters : Bobby Jones and the birth of America's greatest golf tournament / David Barrett

Author
Barrett, David
Published
New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
xii, 256 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents
Introduction : The little big tournament -- 1. The founders : Bobby and Cliff -- 2. The site : ripe Fruitland -- 3. The course : Doctor's prescription -- 4. The club : born in hard times -- 5. The idea : the Masters is hatched -- 6. The tour : growth in hard times -- 7. 1934 pre-Masters : the build-up -- 8. 1934 rounds 1 and 2 : fall of the Emperor -- 9. The leader : the Joplin Ghost -- 10. 1934 rounds 3 and 4 : Smith and Jones -- 11. 1934 post-Masters : staying alive -- 12. 1935 pre-Masters : the next chapter -- 13. 1935 rounds 1 and 2 : the Hershey Hurricane -- 14. 1935 round 3 : the Squire and the Blond Bomber -- 15. 1935 round 4 and playoff : the shot heard round the world -- 16. 1935 post-Masters and beyond : tribulations but major status -- Postscript : the course then and now.
Summary
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 itself in 1935. The key figure in the tournament's creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was a living legend after winning the Grand Slam in 1930 and immediately retiring at the age of twenty-eight. He went on to found Augusta National and sought a high-profile tournament for his new course. But nearly as important was Clifford Roberts, a banker friend of Jones who not only embraced Jones's vision but became his right-hand man in working to bring that vision to reality. Barrett explores how Jones and Roberts built the Masters from scratch, creating a golf institution embellished by the often surprising details of what that entailed as they were trying to establish a golf club and golf tournament in tough economic times. It also vividly chronicles the events of the 1934 and 1935 Masters, with Gene Sarazen's spectacular victory in 1935 providing the climax. Set against the backdrop of golf, and America, in the 1930s, the book provides an informative and entertaining read for fans of the Masters and students of golf history. --Publisher description.
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ISBN
9781616086091 (hc.)
1616086092 (hc.)
Collection
Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
Note
Includes index.
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