The Ryder Cup chronicles the event's illustrious history of 31 matches across 70 years, from the players and courses to the unique drama and emotion as it unfolded in each competition. In September 1999, the United States will attempt to recapture the coveted Ryder Cup after losing the last two matches. This comprehensive volume will appeal to the quickly growing number of golf fans who follow the event and want to relive its history.
-- With the next Ryder Cup being held in September, this book will be a timely and invaluable reference for golf fans and commentators alike
-- Researched from both sides of the Atlantic for a bipartisan view
-- Includes colorful anecdotes and hundreds of information-packed sidebars to further enrich the text and to entertain the reader
Book Description
Every two years the best American golfers compete against their European counterparts in the Ryder Cup, one of the most exciting events in all of sports. There is no prize money to be won -- only national pride is at stake. Colin M. Jarman has assembled the ultimate guide to what is perhaps golf's most dramatic event for both the players and fans.
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The year is 1989, and America's best golfers have gathered in England to try to regain the Ryder Cup. The Americans are young; five are Cup rookies. As the final singles matches tee off, the Europeans lead, prepared to take advantage of their overall team experience. Their big target match: Fred Couples. Despite his anxieties ("The first time I played in the Ryder Cup," Couples admitted, "I could hardly breathe"), he was nothing short of excellent for 17 holes, but so was his opponent, the crafty Irish journeyman Christy O'Connor, Jr. With the match all-square and a victory imperative, Couples blistered his drive on the 18th, leaving himself an easy nine-iron to the green. O'Connor's tee shot stopped nearly 250 yards short of the pin. "Coming down the fairway," O'Connor recalls, "(captain) Tony Jacklin said to me, 'If you put him under pressure, I promise you will win the hole and the match. Just have a good swing.'" Pulling out a two-iron, O'Connor had the swing of his life; his approach landed within four feet of the hole. "The tumultuous reception from the massed gallery," writes Colin Jarman, "was possibly heard as far away as the Emerald Isle. In response to the Irishman's supreme second, Couples played one of the worst shots of his life."
This was a defining moment in Ryder Cup history, and Jarman replays it with both care and drama. But then, he does that with every match in Ryder Cup history back to Walter Hagen and the event's inauguration in 1927. To go with his stunningly re-created match recaps, Jarman offers overviews, anecdotes, and a record book. He even describes the courses. Like the Ryder Cup itself, his book is a complete golfing experience. It's almost as good (and, at times, as tense) as actually being there. --Jeff Silverman
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Quirkily Quoting, uneQuivocally Quizzing & Quixotically Quill-wielding Quindecadian.
Colin has published over 30 books in the US & UK, ranging from biography to humor, sports to science, Judge Dredd to James Bond, Fred Astaire to Roy Race, the Ryder Cup to the World Cup.
Runs Blue Eyed Books publishing humor books from "James Bond: Licence To Quote" to "The Quotable Fred Astaire", from "The Quotable Doctor Who" to "The Quotable Poker Player" and more ...
Future 2011 titles include "Olympic Wit" and "Quote Like A Butterfly, Sting like A Queen Bee". For more details of when these new books will be available on Ama.zon go to www.Blue-Eyed-Books.co.uk
Colin has published over 30 books in the US & UK, ranging from biography to humor, sports to science, Judge Dredd to James Bond, Fred Astaire to Roy Race, the Ryder Cup to the World Cup.
Runs Blue Eyed Books publishing humor books from "James Bond: Licence To Quote" to "The Quotable Fred Astaire", from "The Quotable Doctor Who" to "The Quotable Poker Player" and more ...
Future 2011 titles include "Olympic Wit" and "Quote Like A Butterfly, Sting like A Queen Bee". For more details of when these new books will be available on Ama.zon go to www.Blue-Eyed-Books.co.uk
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Encyclopedic review of every Ryder cup match,
By esantelli@pol.net (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ryder Cup: The Definitive History of Playing Golf for Pride and Country (Hardcover)
Mr.Jarman has undertaken a tremendous task of recounting as accurately as possible every Ryder cup match ever officially played. This is no small feat which he accomplishes with surgical precision. This text is for the hardcore fan of golf and golf history, it certainly does not read as a novel, but is more akin to an encyclopedia. I believe that the Silverman review has lifted literally the most "exciting" passage in the book to share with potential readers, the book is not riveting in this sense. I recommend this book to persons with a strong interest in golf history/Ryder cup history, with the caveat that it presents facts and very little lore. If you are searching for a book that is difficult to put down,that paints the scene for you and makes you feel that you are literally in the crowd-this is not it, stick with Mr. Feinstein's two previous works, Good Walk Spoiled and The Majors.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
better than the rest!,
This review is from: The Ryder Cup: The Definitive History of Playing Golf for Pride and Country (Hardcover)
Quite simply the best of the bunch of books now out on the Ryder Cup. The game-by-game commentary is riveting, and more importantly very balanced. Unlike say the slim volume by Bob Bubka and Tom Clavin, which was all smoke and mirrors, this substantial work does not suffer from the more jingoistic aspects of some Ryder cup reportage. The quotes from the various players placed in the margins, somewhat resembling footnotes, add incredible colour and are worth the price of admission by themselves. A laudable achievement, and now if only Mr. Jarman could be persuaded to write companion volumes covering the four Majors... I'll buy every one including extras for my golfing friends!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely Definitive,
By "judgejudge" (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ryder Cup: The Definitive History of Playing Golf for Pride and Country (Hardcover)
Certainly does justice to the history of the Ryder Cup. Mr Jarman has presented the long and little known history of such a great event and breathed new life into it. We all know the events of recent history (since 1991) - this book not only covers those matches in great depth, while filling in cavernous holes of history for the earlier, less known matches that shaped the Cup. Names such as Hagen, Sarazen, Hogan, Demaret and Snead now sit alongside latter day heroes like the 1999 Brookline Bombers. This book is a massive achievement and one of the best reads I have ever had. Thank you, Mr J You have been judged - and passed with flying colors.
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