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 enlarge | Author: Curt Sampson
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 569183
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0375753370
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780375753374
ASIN: 0375753370
Publication Date: March 16, 1999
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 The dark side just got lighter. July 21, 1998
This book would make an excellent movie. I wish I had read it prior to my attendance at the 1996 Thursday round. My visit would have been even more inspiring. Curt really did his homework. He should be commended for his patience in digging out the detailed information. He did a great job in writing about key individuals, but steered clear of portraying anyone in a negative manner. His book just strengthens the admiration I have for Augusta National.
Excellent book - fascinating! June 29, 1998
I enjoyed this book very much. I have been to a practice round at Augusta National, in 1997. I wish I had read this book before I had the chance to attend. I would have been looking for many of the things described. The book is fascinating in that it brings to light many of the people who made the tradition of Augusta National what it is today. Read it!
 fascinating, entertaining look at golf's greatest tournament June 17, 1998
I don't think there's a better golf writer, or for that matter sports writer, in today's book world than Mr. Sampson. He can turn a phrase as well as John Updike, and he's the kind of writer who could write about paint drying and make it fascinating. His profiles of the men involved in making the Masters what it is today--weirdo Cliff Roberts, tragic golf great Bobby Jones, and even Dwight Eisenhower--are great. There's a good balance of behind-the-scenes power broking and great golf throughout the years. But what makes this book even better, what raises it to a higher level, is its examination of the relationship of the town of Augusta to the elitist Augusta National Club. It's fascinating to read about what the townspeople think of the club, and how some of them--like singer James Brown, and boxer Beau Jack--have interacted and been affected by the racist Club. There's a tremendous amount of texture in Sampson's descriptions, enough to justify the comparisons to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.Sampson also, by the way, wrote another classic golf book entitled The Eternal Summer: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Hogan in 1960, Golf's Golden Year. It's out of print but one of the most enjoyable golf books I've ever read. Someone should also reprint Sampson's insightful book on pro basketball, Full Court Pressure (a lousy title for the best book on the NBA since The Breaks of the Game). It came and went a few years ago and deserves to be more widely read.
 FORE !!! June 2, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wait for April and watch it on TV. They history of the club was fine, for the first 50 pages. But it went on for 50 more. the discirption of every guy whoever rode the train from N.Y. was little much. I wanted to see more on the club in teh modern era. No secerts have been revieled. Save your twenty bucks. Joe
If you want to know what's behind the azaleas April 19, 1998
We all know that a conservative corporate culture tightly controls the Masters. This book delves into the origins of the Masters and the Augusta National. It's best in explaining the development of the Masters mystique in the Eisenhower era. No real surpises but an illuminating examination of the vision of the Augusta club and the Masters tournament. It doesn't hide the many warts of Augusta but remains sympathetic to a vision achieved. Highly readable.
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