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Match, The [Frost] | ![Match, The [Frost]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511TdiZTPcL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Author: Mark Frost
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: EBooks
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 1352
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B000Y2R0F2
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
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"Eddie Lowery left his first imprint on the game of golf in 1913 as the 10-year-old caddie to underdog U.S. Open champion Francis Ouimet. Best-selling author Mark Frost continues Lowery's story 43 years later with Lowery as a multi-millionaire car-dealer, who boasted to fellow millionaire and golf staple George Coleman that amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi could hands down beat any other two golfers in the world in a best ball match. A bet was made for a substantial sum of cash, and a tee time was set at the prestigious Cypress Point Country Club (Hampton Roads, Virginia) for Ward and Venturi to play whomever Coleman decided to bring. The morning of the match, Coleman showed up with the other half of the foursome: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the two most distinguished golfers in the world. Despite efforts to keep the match under wraps from the public, word leaked out as soon as the men arrived at the course and a hundred people surrounded them by the time they reached the first tee. Three and a half hours later, nearing the conclusion of what many in the game now refer to as the greatest private match in the history of American golf, the crowd lining Highway 1 and the eighteenth fairway numbered close to five thousand people. Mark Frost brings to life an unlikely golf match that changed golf forever."
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 The Match - great read January 6, 2009
The Match is a fantastic read for any golfer, or those who love a great story on sports involving major participants that helped make the game what it is today. This is a telling of a one-of-kind incident that will never happen again!
 Interesting golf history December 30, 2008
This book was interesting from a historical perspective. It probably wouldn't be something a non-golfer would appreciate, but it was a fun read. It told a story of some historic golfers that I didn't know much about, but it gave you a appreciation for how the game has developed in recent years.
I would recomend it to any golfer that thinks golf begins with Tiger.
A Battle Of (The) Ages! December 5, 2008
Is this the greatest golf match ever played? After reading this book, I would imagine most people would say, "yes." It's hard to argue against that claim.
This not only was an incredible display of golf, but pitted "old verses new," "amateur vs. professional," "hot shots" vs. "has-beens."
Actually, Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward weren't just newcomers on the scene. They had established themselves as young guys who could beat anyone, young or old. In today's world, they would have young pros.(Picture a young Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.) Their opponents in this special match event were two of the most famous golfers who ever teed it up: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson. The problem for them was that were way past their prime. Hogan was in his last years of pro golf and Nelson had retired from competition 10 years ago. Yet, they had one thing: a lifetime of competing and an unquenchable thirst for victory no matter what the circumstance. They were not going to be two old guys who laid down and moaned about "the good ole days." Ward and Venturi wouldn't have allowed it anyway. They liked to win - all the time.
This book is a description, hole-by-hole at the gorgeous Cypress Point course in Monterey, Ca., of this unpublized-but-incredible golf match, done simply for fun and a few wagers by the guys who put it together.
Mark Frost, the author of the famous book about Francis Ouimet's stunning win in the 1913 U.S. Open, has another winner here. Frost writes this book almost like a novel, with the suspense building and building to the point that - at least for me - I was almost afraid to turn the final pages to see who won. Frost got me so involved, so hooked into this story, I felt Iike I was there, had a big bet and was nervous as a cat.
Along the way in this dramatic match held in 1956, we get some wonderful insights of the four players and loving tribute to this historic and beautiful golf course.
As with the match, this is a book that gets better and better with each page. By the end, you almost feel like you just witnessed one of the greatest sporting events ever held!
One of best golf books ever written. November 11, 2008
Truly one of the best, most informative , most enjoyable books of golf ever written. I absolutely could not put it down. I learned more about Hogan, Nelson, Venturi and Ward from this book than i knew in 55 years. Everyone that loves golf should read this book.
Great Book if you like to read about Golf October 28, 2008
Amazing recap of a real Match between 4 golf legends. Frost works the story like a great golf course and weaves in a wonderful history of the 4 legends and the how the game of golf changed from an amateur world to the professional world that we all know today.
This book is for someone that loves golf....if they are not an avid golfer, I am not sure this book will hold the interest of a general sport fan or just novel reader.
I recommend the good, great read.
Enjoy
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