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Alliss' 19th Hole: Trivial Delights from the World of Golf

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This book is filled with interesting tidbits of information relating to golf. Enjoyed the read.

RD

Mr. Alliss would probably be ashamed to have his name attached to a book with as many errors as this one -- and I'm only up to page 24! In addition to some of the ones listed in another review, Ben Hogan (a) won the Masters before, not after, the US Open in 1951, and he did not finish 2nd in the 1960 US Open (Jack Nicklaus did, as an amateur). What a way to pay tribute to one of the game's greats.

Fortunately, I bought this one for $3 on a clearance rack, but I still consider it wasted money. Not even worthy of a bathroom book, in my opinion.

Held my interest. I found the various locations to be enthralling. But I, too, was put off by the several typos I found. That shouldn't appear in any published work.

The book itself was fairly well done. Recommended for hard core enthusiasts.

Very disappointing. Nothing new in this and I suspect, little that has been contributed by Alliss. It's just a cut and paste of very well known bits - anyone who has read more than 5 golf books (not instruction books) will know 98% of what's in this one. It also has numerous typographical errors suggesting a sloppy job overall - Billy Caspar (Casper), George von Elme (it's Elm I think), Ledbetter (Leadbetter), it has Gene Sarazen "chipping" from a bunker on the Postage Stamp hole at Troon which is possible but doubtful, and Chick Evans playing in 50 consecutive 'Amateur Opens' (an oxymoron, Amateur Championship is surely meant). There are other errors but I read the whole thing in an hour looking for something of interest and found none.