Firsts, Facts, Feats, & Failures in the World of Golf - Hardcover

Janke, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471965596 ISBN 13: 9780471965596

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

Synopsis

An amusingly insightful look at a complex game of highs and lows.

For the golf enthusiast who has heard it all?Firsts, Facts, Feats, and Failures in the World of Golf offers a refreshingly hilarious and enlightening compilation of stories from Ken Janke, one of golf's most colorful historians. From the early days of the game to today's golf legends, this book includes the greats and almost-greats, the winners and losers, the true and not-so true.

On business trips, rainy days, and any other time you can't be on the links, Firsts, Facts, Feats, and Failures in the World of Golf is the perfect book for enhancing your appreciation and understanding of the game, with hundreds of enjoyable stories that will entertain and inform you and your friends.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

The Rules of Golf defines the game as: "playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules." Sounds simple enough. What could happen?

In Firsts, Facts, Feats, and Failures in the World of Golf, renowned golf historian and lifetime player Ken Janke entertains you with all the wildest and most devastating stories that are as much a part of the game as the course itself. Ken's entertaining stories cover such groundbreaking firsts as Allan Robertson, considered the first golf professional (the skins golfers won't be surprised how he made his money); to such nuts-and-bolts facts as no official golf ball in the world can be smaller than 1.68" nor be heavier than 1.62 ounces; to such astonishing feats as Tiger Woods setting eighteen records and tying six others on his way to winning the 1997 Masters; to such heartbreaking failures as Robert Clark conceding a hole after a long, unsuccessful search for his ball to later find it was in the cup from a hole-in-one shot!

Firsts, Facts, Feats, and Failures in the World of Golf is a brilliant collection of stories about some of golf's memorable moments. Every fan of the game will pore over the amusing yarns of the record-breaking feats and failures of the pros as well as the personal triumphs and tragedies of everyday golfers.

About the Author

Ken Janke was first introduced to the game of golf by his father. His love of the game grew as he played competitively through college and gained experience working as a caddy. A golf historian and writer, Ken is also the author of Golf Is a Funny Game . . . But It Wasn't Meant to Be.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0471965596
• ISBN 13: 9780471965596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 273