Through the Green: The Mind and Art of a Professional Golfer [Hardcover]

Sal Maiorana (Author), Davis, III Love (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Serious golfers will appreciate the passages here about the weight and pitch of club heads and the problem of choosing the proper club for the best shot; general readers will be put off by such technical matters. And those who enjoy watching golf on TV will be interested in the revelations about the players, their caddies and their families. If the book has any more general appeal, it lies in the suspense created as Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle sports reporter Maiorana follows top-20 golfer Davis Love through the 1992 L.A. Open at the Riviera Country Club, a tournament which ended in a playoff between Love and Fred Couples (Couples won). Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The aim of this volume is to offer readers a chance to follow a professional golfer for an entire week at one event on the PGA tour. Maiorana shadows David Love III during the Los Angeles Open at the Riviera Country Club. Unfortunately, the study is successful only when general golf issues are raised. Most interesting are the sections on professional caddies and sports psychologists and the biographical snapshots of current tour members such as Fred Couples and the controversial John Daley. The descriptions of Love III and of the event are too detailed and will interest only the most avid golf fans. For larger sports collections.
- Jeffrey Gay, Bridgewater P.L., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 263 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1 edition (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312093632
• ISBN-13: 978-0312093631
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sal Maiorana was born in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1962, grew up in the suburbs of Syracuse, N.Y., and graduated from Buffalo State College in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.

After working part-time for The Associated Press, he landed his first job in the daily newspaper business at The Leader in Corning, N.Y. Within 20 months he moved on to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1986 where he remains today. His primary responsibilities are coverage of the Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo Sabres, golf and professional and college lacrosse.

Maiorana is also a regular contributor to numerous magazines and online sites, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and he is the author of 15 other books including the two-volume history of the Bills entitled Relentless: The Hard-Hitting History of Buffalo Bills Football, and a compilation of the greatest moments in Buffalo sports history entitled Game Night in Buffalo.

In 2009 he was inducted into the Frontier Field Walk of Fame, is a two-time winner of the Rochester Press-Radio Club Sports Writer of the Year award winner, the American Legion's Sports Writer of the Year in Rochester, and has also won numerous New York State Publishers' Association citations for his work with the Democrat and Chronicle.

Maiorana lives in Walworth, N.Y. with his wife, the former Christine Charlton, their two daughters, Taylor and Caroline, son, Holden, and dog, Buddy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST read for avid golfers!, February 4, 2000

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This review is from: Through the Green: The Mind and Art of a Professional Golfer (Hardcover)

Incredible book on the day in the life of a PGA touring pro. Davis Love III happens to be my favorite as well and I live in LA and this covers a week at the Nissan/LA Open back in 1992. Great book on the mental aspects of the game and what a pro goes through. Also has some interesting insights to the PGA pro community (caddies, practice habits, etc.)