ISBN: 9780060934255

Once a year the United States Open Championship picks a course and wickedly redesigns it so that the world's best golfers scramble to avoid triple bogeys. "Nobody wins the Open. It wins y… Meer...

Once a year the United States Open Championship picks a course and wickedly redesigns it so that the world's best golfers scramble to avoid triple bogeys. "Nobody wins the Open. It wins you," said one former PGA tour player. Now golf writer John Strege reveals all the ways the USGA has venomously transformed already difficult courses into "monsters" over the past 50 years. He also relishes telling what happened to the pros-Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Woods, Snead, Hogan, and more-who Once a year the United States Open Championship picks a course and wickedly redesigns it so that the world's best golfers scramble to avoid triple bogeys. "Nobody wins the Open. It wins you," said one former PGA tour player. Now golf writer John Strege reveals all the ways the USGA has venomously transformed already difficult courses into "monsters" over the past 50 years. He also relishes telling what happened to the pros-Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Woods, Snead, Hogan, and more-who hooked into the rough, missed putts, and routinely finished over par in this grueling annual competition. When the 1963 U.S. Open was won with a score of nine over par, Arthur Daley of the New York Times wrote: "Every hacker had to rub his hands in unholy glee at such mass discomfiture." Now, in this irresistible account, today's golfers can experience the same pleasure all over again. About the Author: John Strege covers professional golf for Golf Digest, and wrote Tiger: A Biography of Tiger Woods and Tournament Week, and insider's look at a week on the PGA tour. He lives in California. Books, Sports & Recreation~~General, Tiptoeing-Through-Hell~~John-Strege, 999999999, Tiptoeing Through Hell: Playing the U.S. Open on Golf's Most Treacherous Courses, John Strege, 0060934255, HarperCollins Publishers, , , , , HarperCollins Publishers<

2003, ISBN: 9780060934255

Perennial Currents, 2003-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. Soft cover with light shelf/handling/edge wear. Clean inside pages. Light tanning (aging) of pages. Small remainder mark on bottom … Meer...

Perennial Currents, 2003-05-01. Paperback. Very Good. Soft cover with light shelf/handling/edge wear. Clean inside pages. Light tanning (aging) of pages. Small remainder mark on bottom edge of book. Fast shipping!, Perennial Currents, 2003-05-01<