Gentlemen Only [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Robbie Williams (Author), Lee Heffernan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Good Golf! | Publication Date: March 2002

Robbie Williams tells her story of growing up a young lady of the South and marrying a much older Augusta attorney. Not content to be a golf widow whose function was to look pretty at social events, Williams took lessons on the sly and became a crack golfer able to beat many of the men in Augusta. She and her daughter Lee Heffernan, who also learned golf in Augusta, offer dozens of revealing anecdotes about Augusta and its golfing brethren.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing; illustrated edition edition (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931249121
• ISBN-13: 978-1931249126
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,480,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't put it down - great golfing insider stories, February 22, 2002

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Chandler Bridges "C Bridges" (Marietta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gentlemen Only (Hardcover)

I started the book about 6 and finished about 12. Every golfer, Masters fan, everyone in Augusta will want one of theses books.

It's full of real inside stories of the Club, its founders, the grounds, the caddies, the famous players.

I know the author personally and figured her book would be interesting but did not expected to be glued to it. The wording contained many of the unique phrases used at the National and un golfing. I could not put the book down.

I am not a golfer, but my dad was and I have heard him day dream about golf; I've seen him high on 72 and down on 90; it seems the author got to the point she day dreamed about sandtraps, the rough, the fairways, how she would handle different shots.

Stories about personal encounters with famous golfers and politicians were great. The stories about the caddies and their betting, "ownership" of golfers, their nicknames were fascinating.

The stories about how one gets into the club gives the Augusta National a sense of intrigue.

The stories about the president of the club presented a man bigger than life, who put fear into the hearts of the wealthy and powerful.

Fishing stories, access to the club during the Masters, access to the club during off season were all highly readable and clearly inside, non-public, unpublished views into a closed society.

That only a few people were there at a time off season was amazing; there is/or was a wonderful wine cellar; there were no socials unrelated to golf and no 5 somes.

This is a wonderful book of private information that every golfer will enjoy, buy 2 of (one to keep and one to give away).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, January 15, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gentlemen Only (Hardcover)

I enjoyed the book, but I was eager to learn more about the men in their lives. Who were these men and how did they feel about the experiences.

5.0 out of 5 stars Augusta Unveiled, March 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Gentlemen Only (Hardcover)

This is a terrific book written by a member's wife and their daughter. I am a big golf fan and have read several books about Augusta National and the Masters in recent years, but this one has an entirely different angle--a woman's perspective, and an insider-woman at that. The authors are respectful of the club, but they also are open in offering dozens of refreshing anecdotes that are funny and border on irreverent. There are also a bunch of photos in the book depicting the golf course from a candid viewpoint.