Author: David Barrett
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616080825
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Chronicles the events surrounding Ben Hogan's surprising win at the 1950 US Open at Merion Golf Club, describing the near-fatal automobile accident that almost claimed Hogan's life in 1949, his rehabilitation, return to golf, and how he managed to claim a victory after an eighteen-hole playoff.
Miracle at Merion
Author: David Barrett
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616080825
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Chronicles the events surrounding Ben Hogan's surprising win at the 1950 US Open at Merion Golf Club, describing the near-fatal automobile accident that almost claimed Hogan's life in 1949, his rehabilitation, return to golf, and how he managed to claim a victory after an eighteen-hole playoff.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616080825
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Chronicles the events surrounding Ben Hogan's surprising win at the 1950 US Open at Merion Golf Club, describing the near-fatal automobile accident that almost claimed Hogan's life in 1949, his rehabilitation, return to golf, and how he managed to claim a victory after an eighteen-hole playoff.
Miracle on the 17th Green
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316022241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Just when we need some magic in our lives, bestselling author James Patterson brings us a stirring tale of life, love, and the power of Christmas miracles. Travis McKinley's life has drifted sideways. His job, his marriage, even his children all feel disconnected and distant. Has he really accomplished nothing of consequence in his life? One Christmas Day, Travis plays a round of golf and finds himself for the first time in the zone-playing like a pro. In astonishingly short order, Travis is catapulted into the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach, where he advances to the final round. And while his wife, his children, and a live television audience watch, a miracle takes place that changes Travis and his family forever.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316022241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Just when we need some magic in our lives, bestselling author James Patterson brings us a stirring tale of life, love, and the power of Christmas miracles. Travis McKinley's life has drifted sideways. His job, his marriage, even his children all feel disconnected and distant. Has he really accomplished nothing of consequence in his life? One Christmas Day, Travis plays a round of golf and finds himself for the first time in the zone-playing like a pro. In astonishingly short order, Travis is catapulted into the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach, where he advances to the final round. And while his wife, his children, and a live television audience watch, a miracle takes place that changes Travis and his family forever.
Miracle at Augusta
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316410969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel. A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own . . . and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316410969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel. A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right. A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own . . . and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching.
Miracle at Medinah: Europe's Amazing Ryder Cup Comeback
Author: Oliver Holt
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 075536483X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Golf fans will not forget the 39th Ryder Cup in a hurry. Staged at the Medinah Country Club just outside of Chicago, the 2012 event has already gone down as the most remarkable competition in its 85-year history. The American team had home advantage, and a golf course unapologetically set up to suit its own players. Supported by tens of thousands of loud and proud fans, the USA's star-studded line-up dominated the first two days and ended the Saturday with a seemingly unassailable 10-6 advantage. No away team had ever won the Ryder Cup from such an unpromising position. Sunday was singles day, traditionally the forte of American teams. The situation looked bleak, especially when European team member and number 1 golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy, very nearly missed his tee-off time. Yet slowly but surely, the European team - who had top-loaded their line-up in one last throw of the dice - started to turn the scoreboard blue. With inspirational captain Jose Maria Olazabal stiring European blood with thoughts of the late Ryder Cup magician Seve Ballesteros (whose silhouette was emblazoned on the players' sweaters and bags), the tide turned and the previously dominant American players started to crumble in the face of the onslaught. Suddenly European players were holing miraculous putts to win holes out of the blue. Something very special was happening. When German Martin Kaymer sank his putt on the eighteenth green to clinch the point that retained the Ryder Cup, the most astonishing comeback in the event's long and distinuished history was complete. Miracle at Medinah is the compelling narrative of those amazing three days in Illinois, a fitting chronicle of an unbelievable sporting story.
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 075536483X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Golf fans will not forget the 39th Ryder Cup in a hurry. Staged at the Medinah Country Club just outside of Chicago, the 2012 event has already gone down as the most remarkable competition in its 85-year history. The American team had home advantage, and a golf course unapologetically set up to suit its own players. Supported by tens of thousands of loud and proud fans, the USA's star-studded line-up dominated the first two days and ended the Saturday with a seemingly unassailable 10-6 advantage. No away team had ever won the Ryder Cup from such an unpromising position. Sunday was singles day, traditionally the forte of American teams. The situation looked bleak, especially when European team member and number 1 golfer in the world, Rory McIlroy, very nearly missed his tee-off time. Yet slowly but surely, the European team - who had top-loaded their line-up in one last throw of the dice - started to turn the scoreboard blue. With inspirational captain Jose Maria Olazabal stiring European blood with thoughts of the late Ryder Cup magician Seve Ballesteros (whose silhouette was emblazoned on the players' sweaters and bags), the tide turned and the previously dominant American players started to crumble in the face of the onslaught. Suddenly European players were holing miraculous putts to win holes out of the blue. Something very special was happening. When German Martin Kaymer sank his putt on the eighteenth green to clinch the point that retained the Ryder Cup, the most astonishing comeback in the event's long and distinuished history was complete. Miracle at Medinah is the compelling narrative of those amazing three days in Illinois, a fitting chronicle of an unbelievable sporting story.
The Round of Your Life
Author: Andre Huu
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480860530
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
As the great Ben Hogan once said, what if your life was like a round of golf? What would that round be like? What might the unfinished scorecard of your life look like? The quest for answers to these hypothetical questions led author Andre Huu to the fundamental concepts behind his book, The Round of Your Life. In his memoir, Huu likens his life to a game of golf, offering a scoring method to help him evaluate his experiences, responses, and lessons learned. Throughout this journeyfrom his birth in Vietnam to the present dayhe shares his stories and the scores he has assigned himself for each hole hes played. He invites you to apply his unique scoring method to come up with a scorecard for your own life. Filled with life stories, insights, advice, and inspirational quotes, The Round of Your Life encourages you to worry less about the score of the game and focus more on getting the most enjoyment possible out of the rest of your round.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480860530
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
As the great Ben Hogan once said, what if your life was like a round of golf? What would that round be like? What might the unfinished scorecard of your life look like? The quest for answers to these hypothetical questions led author Andre Huu to the fundamental concepts behind his book, The Round of Your Life. In his memoir, Huu likens his life to a game of golf, offering a scoring method to help him evaluate his experiences, responses, and lessons learned. Throughout this journeyfrom his birth in Vietnam to the present dayhe shares his stories and the scores he has assigned himself for each hole hes played. He invites you to apply his unique scoring method to come up with a scorecard for your own life. Filled with life stories, insights, advice, and inspirational quotes, The Round of Your Life encourages you to worry less about the score of the game and focus more on getting the most enjoyment possible out of the rest of your round.
Miracle at St. Andrews
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316422614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In this inspiring novel, one ordinary man makes the pilgrimage to the mythical greens of St. Andrews—the birthplace of golf—on a search for greatness. If golf novels had a leaderboard, Miracle at St. Andrews would be at the top. Though nobody has ever identified a single secret—no universally accepted truth—to the sport, every real player searches for one. Travis McKinley is one such seeker. A former professional golfer who feels like he's an amateur at the rest of life, he makes a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews. On the course where golf was born, every link, hole, fairway—even the gorse—feels like sacred ground. Ground that can help an ordinary player, an ordinary man, achieve a higher plane.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316422614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In this inspiring novel, one ordinary man makes the pilgrimage to the mythical greens of St. Andrews—the birthplace of golf—on a search for greatness. If golf novels had a leaderboard, Miracle at St. Andrews would be at the top. Though nobody has ever identified a single secret—no universally accepted truth—to the sport, every real player searches for one. Travis McKinley is one such seeker. A former professional golfer who feels like he's an amateur at the rest of life, he makes a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews. On the course where golf was born, every link, hole, fairway—even the gorse—feels like sacred ground. Ground that can help an ordinary player, an ordinary man, achieve a higher plane.
By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There
Author: Tom Sizemore
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451681682
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
An account of the acclaimed actor's Hollywood career and struggles with methamphetamine addiction covers his Detroit background, his relationships with various co-stars, and his experiences as a father of twin boys.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451681682
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
An account of the acclaimed actor's Hollywood career and struggles with methamphetamine addiction covers his Detroit background, his relationships with various co-stars, and his experiences as a father of twin boys.
Rebirth-A Story of Infinite Love
Author: Kurt Thomas Wolff
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1635751403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Rebirth is a story of how God reminds us to love one another. I always felt that people who love dogs are spiritually connected, and my dog training profession allowed me to meet many remarkable people. Although some people may be unaware of this connection, a selected few transcended to me a spiritual deliverance. Only as my story progressed, did I truly begin to understand what these gifted few represented; a God given spiritual love connection! A special woman, Doll, was unknowingly selected to bring true meaning to all of the phenomenon that I experienced prior to my meeting her. I was overwhelmed by her answers to the spiritual signs as my story of gifted love unfolded. My wife Ruth witnessed the spiritual signs I was experiencing and kept the spirit of God alive as my experience unfolded and helped to convince me to deliver my message of God's love in this story of Rebirth.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1635751403
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Rebirth is a story of how God reminds us to love one another. I always felt that people who love dogs are spiritually connected, and my dog training profession allowed me to meet many remarkable people. Although some people may be unaware of this connection, a selected few transcended to me a spiritual deliverance. Only as my story progressed, did I truly begin to understand what these gifted few represented; a God given spiritual love connection! A special woman, Doll, was unknowingly selected to bring true meaning to all of the phenomenon that I experienced prior to my meeting her. I was overwhelmed by her answers to the spiritual signs as my story of gifted love unfolded. My wife Ruth witnessed the spiritual signs I was experiencing and kept the spirit of God alive as my experience unfolded and helped to convince me to deliver my message of God's love in this story of Rebirth.
Mustang Miracle
Author: Humberto G. Garcia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477269908
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
In 1957, when very few Mexican-Americans were familiar with the game of golf, and even less actually played it, a group of young caddies which had been recruited to form the San Felipe High School Golf Team by two men who loved the game, but who had limited access to it, competed against all-white schools for the Texas State High School Golf Championship. Despite having outdated and inferior equipment, no professional lessons or instructions, four young golfers with self-taught swings from the border city of Del Rio, captured the State title. Three of them took the gold, silver and bronze medals for best individual players. This book tells their story from their introduction to the game as caddies to eventually becoming champions.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477269908
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
In 1957, when very few Mexican-Americans were familiar with the game of golf, and even less actually played it, a group of young caddies which had been recruited to form the San Felipe High School Golf Team by two men who loved the game, but who had limited access to it, competed against all-white schools for the Texas State High School Golf Championship. Despite having outdated and inferior equipment, no professional lessons or instructions, four young golfers with self-taught swings from the border city of Del Rio, captured the State title. Three of them took the gold, silver and bronze medals for best individual players. This book tells their story from their introduction to the game as caddies to eventually becoming champions.
Trolleys and Squibs
Author: Louise Miracle
Publisher: Pomegranate
ISBN: 0764913360
Category : Golf
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
For anyone planning a dream golfing vacation to Ireland, Trolleys and Squibs is the most comprehensive guidebook in the market. Frustrated by sketchy guidebooks while on a golfing tour, authors Louise and Rick Miracle decided to compile their own definitive guide to Irish links. In addition to its practical travel tips, this book offers insightful essays -- including several by leading figures in Irish golf -- that explain the history and particular character of golfing in Ireland. Vacation planners will especially love the book's extensive, geographically balanced coverage of individual golf courses, presented by way of two whimsically named lists. The Trolleys List contains thorough summaries of 153 courses, including small maps and directions for getting there, scorecard data, descriptions of each course's layout and club facilities, and recommendations on local restaurants and hotels. The Squibs List offers basic information -- addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions -- about 138 additional golf courses. With Trolleys and Squibs, you can plan a detailed itinerary and make your reservations, even before landing on Irish shores (though armchair travelers as well will gain immense enjoyment from the colorful portraits of the courses and countryside).
Publisher: Pomegranate
ISBN: 0764913360
Category : Golf
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
For anyone planning a dream golfing vacation to Ireland, Trolleys and Squibs is the most comprehensive guidebook in the market. Frustrated by sketchy guidebooks while on a golfing tour, authors Louise and Rick Miracle decided to compile their own definitive guide to Irish links. In addition to its practical travel tips, this book offers insightful essays -- including several by leading figures in Irish golf -- that explain the history and particular character of golfing in Ireland. Vacation planners will especially love the book's extensive, geographically balanced coverage of individual golf courses, presented by way of two whimsically named lists. The Trolleys List contains thorough summaries of 153 courses, including small maps and directions for getting there, scorecard data, descriptions of each course's layout and club facilities, and recommendations on local restaurants and hotels. The Squibs List offers basic information -- addresses, phone numbers, brief descriptions -- about 138 additional golf courses. With Trolleys and Squibs, you can plan a detailed itinerary and make your reservations, even before landing on Irish shores (though armchair travelers as well will gain immense enjoyment from the colorful portraits of the courses and countryside).