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The Greatest Game Ever Played: Vardon, Ouimet and the birth of modern golf Paperback – 3 July 2003
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This fascinating narrative chronicles the birth of the modern game of golf, told through the story of Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet. These men, in pursuit of their passion for a sport that had captivated them since childhood, lifted themselves out of their lives of common poverty and broke down rigid social barriers, transforming the game of golf into one of the most widely played sports in the world today.
Vardon and Ouimet were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world whose lives, unbeknown to them at the time, bore remarkable similarities, setting them on parallel paths that led to their epic battle at Brookline in the 1913 US Open. This collision resulted in the 'big bang' that gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it. In THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, Mark Frost tells their story, including along the way over a dozen of the game's seminal figures, within the dramatic framework offered by the 1913 tournament where they finally met, which became one of the most thrilling sports events in history.
- Print length480 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSphere
- Publication date3 July 2003
- Dimensions12.9 x 3.1 x 19.5 cm
- ISBN-100751533262
- ISBN-13978-0751533262
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Mark Frost has done a wonderful job of capturing the moment of golf's awakening in America. His work is thoroughly researched ― Ben Crenshaw, 1999 US Ryder Cup Captain
Brilliantly told... marries social history with sporting biography...vivid, often moving, portraits of the two protagonists ― SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
[A] great insight into how golf got its start in America, and the man who really introduced it: Francis Ouimet ― Ken Venturi
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- Publisher : Sphere (3 July 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 480 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0751533262
- ISBN-13 : 978-0751533262
- Dimensions : 12.9 x 3.1 x 19.5 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 73,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 25 in Golf Biographies (Books)
- 36 in Golf History & Biographies
- 2,567 in General Sports, Hobbies & Games
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MARK FROST is the bestselling author of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam, and the novels The Second Objective, The List of Seven, and The Six Messiahs. He received a Writers Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for the acclaimed television series Hill Street Blues, was co-creator and executive producer of the legendary ABC television series Twin Peaks, and in 2005 wrote and produced The Greatest Game Ever Played as a major motion picture from Walt Disney Studios. Mark lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York with his wife and son.
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So it is with Mark Frost's 2002 book. Although many readers may enjoy it just as a story, only a golfer will understand and appreciate it fully.
Frost is a skilful story-teller who knows how to keep readers in suspense and often, while striding down the narrative's fairways towards a long, straight drive out of the screws, he leaps into the rough and just as annoyance begins to fester, a brand-new, once-hit golf ball appears. At the risk of more mixed metaphors, Frost tells his tale but tangentially throws facts, people and events in which become fascinating in themselves: in the build up to the 1913 Open, we read a succinct description of the ways in which golfing standardisation and terminology developed, e.g. par, bogey and standard scratch (P 177-8); the first press tent was erected at the 1913 Open (P 194); in 1913, plugged balls had to be played as they lay until 1960 and pitchmarks on greens could not be repaired.
He describes all the events in great detail and breathes vivid life into the characters of all the players; he looks into their eyes then reads their minds in the crucible of competition at the highest levels.
"Walter, (Hagen) throughout his life always came off as a bit of a rogue. Not in the dishonest sense; more in the style of an adored, risqué uncle, who'd spin tall tales about exotic ports of call while he dazzled you with effortless sleight of hand magic tricks, the tang of peppermint on his breath not quite camouflaging the three whiskey sours he'd downed at lunch." (P 186 He is not portrayed very favourably in the film "The Legend of Bagger Vance" either.)
However, it is for Harry Vardon and Frances Oimet that he retains his fulsome praise, players he obviously admires greatly; his descriptions of Vardon do not ignore his less admirable traits but they are mentioned with the delicacy, subtlety and prudence typical of the press of his day. His meticulous portrayal of Oimet gradually builds in intensity until he fills the pages. Their match is described in minute detail, obviously after comprehensive research.
For anyone interested in the modern advance of this great game, the national rivalry still under-pinning the Ryder Cup's friendly meetings, the names which fill the Royal and Ancient's history, the development of the golf club and ball and the nature of the game itself for the players who play it in national competitions and on the lowliest of fairways today, Frost has written a wonderful book. It is difficult to believe my copy made its way from America in three days, for less than the price of a decent golf ball; what a bargain and it will certainly live longer!
Highly recommended.
Reviewer. Alec Parrett (Broadstairs, Kent)
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