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Driven : teen phenoms, mad parents, swing science and the future of golf / Kevin Cook.
- Title
- Driven : teen phenoms, mad parents, swing science and the future of golf / Kevin Cook.
- Author
- Cook, Kevin, 1956-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Gotham Books, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In Driven, award-winning journalist Kevin Cook turns to golf's best teenagers, their instructors, and their parents - all betting that the next Tiger is just a 300-yard drive away. Along the way, he shows how the game has evolved from a sport of paunchy men to one populated with muscular youngsters blasting tape-measure drives. Cook's subjects include the famed golf guru David Leadbetter; teen superstar Michelle Wie and her pushy parents; Ty Tryon, the youngest player ever to win a PGA Tour card (now a burnout at the age of twenty-three); Mu Hu, the Chinese teen expected by his government to become the Yao Ming of golf; Peter Uihlein, the wealthy son of Titleist's CEO; the golfing daughters of tennis superstar Ivan Lendl; and a Virginia preacher's son who plays with mismatched eBay clubs."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction. Brave New Game -- 1. Talent: The First Ingredient -- 2. Grit: Blood, Sweat and Tears -- and Blisters -- 3. Teaching: The Science of Swinging a Stick -- 4. Support: Nobody Makes It Alone -- 5. Graduation: At First, You Don't Succeed -- 6. Breakthrough: The Last Giant Step -- Epilogues: To Be Continued ...
- ISBN
- 9781592403943 (hardcover)
- 1592403948 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- ^^2008018299
- OCLC
- 227570476
- SCSB-11143011
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library