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A Golf Story: Bobby Jones, Augusta National, and the Masters Tournament

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A tremendous story about arguably the greatest golfer of all time, the most meticulously groomed golf course of all time and the best run golf tournament of all time.
The author has a thorough and scholarly approach to his writing. What makes it great though is the fact that the nearly mythical Bob Jones befriended this young writer so the book is filled with many first hand views. If you love golf and you want to know more about the origins of the modern game this is the book for you.

This book is a gem, the best ever written on Bobby, Roberts, and Augusta National. Price's account of Bobby is "priceless", if you've ever wanted to know about this amazing man and the origins of Augusta National/the Masters, buy this book.

I have most every book every written about Bob Jones, Augusta, The Masters including several by Mr. Price. I believe the author was trying to show the flowing and the "behind the brain scenes" of events. It rambles. There is no doubt that Mr. Price loved, respected, admired Bob Jones--remember he really played tournament golf from 1924-1930 and won 13 majors including The Grand Slam in 1930 AS AN AMATEUR where any sort of payment clubs, balls, transportation, clothes, etc. was strickly against the USGA rules for Amateur Golfers so in 1930 when he retired, he was flat broke: with a degree in Engineering from Georgia Tech, Literature Degree from Harvard and a Law degree from Emory (but never finished because he passed the bar 2 years before graduating.
I did especially enjoy his last chapter: tender, sad, filled with loss and yet, to quote Bob's caddie on his last round of golf at St Andrews in 1936, when nobody knew he was coming yet the town shutdown when they knew "our Bobby"is back; the caddie said the only time they spoke to each other: You are a wonder Sir; Aye a true wonder! And so he was. The book is good to have but not the best and I would expect more from Price.