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

Title
Making the Masters : Bobby Jones and the birth of America's greatest golf tournament / David Barrett.
Author
Barrett, David (Writer on golf)
Publication
New York : Skyhorse Publishing, c2012.

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Description
xii, 256 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Augusta National Golf Club > History
  • Golf
  • Jones, Bobby, 1902-1971
  • Masters Golf Tournament > History
Note
  • Includes index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781616086091 (hc.)
  • 1616086092 (hc.)
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library