I Remember Augusta: A Stroll Down Memory and Magnolia Lane of America's Most Fascinating Golf Club, Home of the Masters Tournament (Hardcover)

by Mike Towle (Editor) "Augusta National Golf Club is one of the last bastions of the Old South, a secretive and highly private club with a membership of about..." (more)
Key Phrases: invitational criteria, crowd damage, golf coverage, Augusta National, Clifford Roberts, Masters Tournament (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
Anybody hungry to read more about the Masters would enjoy the book. . . the book is an easy read about the Masters mystique. -- The Ledger, April 23, 2000

Author Mike Towle let dozens of golfers and experts tell their tales in a recently released book, "I Remember Augusta." One of the best stories is told by Tom Weiskopf... -- The Tennessean, April 2, 2000

It's a nice way to think about the Masters. -- HERALD-SUN, April 9, 2000

The author recalls some of the greatest events in the club's history including the 1935 "double eagle" which brought golf immortality to Gene Sarazen. -- Abilene Reporter-News, April 30, 2000

From the Inside Flap
Augusta National Golf Club, home to the venerable Masters Tournament, is the spiritual seat of American golf. Its spectacular Southern beauty and charm accommodates ghosts of golfing legends whispering through the tall pines and bright azaleas that define Augusta as the greatest and loveliest setting in the golf world. Co-founded in the 1930s by prim and proper Wall Street financier Clifford Roberts and popular American golf icon and champion Bobby Jones, Augusta National has become the world's most popular and enchanting golf venue. A home away from home for three hundred of the wealthiest and most reclusive power brokers in America, Augusta is also renowned for the Masters, the first of four major championships contested every year. Augusta is where Gene Sarazen in 1935 secured his spot in golf immortality by holing "the double eagle heard round the world." It is where Sam Snead defeated Ben Hogan in a memorable 1954 playoff; where Arnold Palmer engineered the me! ! rger of the previously divergent worlds of television entertainment and golf; and where Jack Nicklaus won six green jackets, including a spine-tingling victory at the age of forty-six in 1986 thanks to a back-nine 30.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581820798
• ISBN-13: 978-1581820799
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,369,706 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not so memorable, January 6, 2001

By A Customer

This is really not such a good book. It is mainly a series of quotations from other sources. In my opinion, the best book about Augusta is David Owens' book. Curt Sampson's book is interesting, but has many factual errors, and reads like a next to last draft in need of a thorough fact checking. In any event, save your money on this one.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smell the Azaleas, October 24, 2000

By	D. Hud Gregory "HudGreg" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A very nice book on a very beautiful subject for golf purists. Augusta National is ruled by stiff old grey men in green jackets. But the course and annual tournament are stuff of legends. All nicely presented here.