The 100 Greatest Ever Golfers

Andy Farrell

• Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781909653481
• Edition: 0

Walter Hagen to Tiger Woods, a fascinating and knowledgeable history of golf through the most talented men and women to have ever played the game. Now in paperback, with a new section featuring rankings for each player

Covering the early amateur masters of the game, starting with Old Tom Morris, to the maestros of the Open era, this collection features biographies and career statistics of players from all over the world, including the U.S., UK, South Africa, Europe, and Australia. From Ben Hogan and legendary figures such as Jack Nicklaus, to contemporary greats including Phil Mickelson, this historyrecounts the lives and achievements of the sport's leading players through fascinating anecdotes and insights into the development of the game across the decades. Arrangedby eraand with additional sections on the greatest ever drivers, bunker players, and putters, this is the ideal pick-up-and-dip-in book for all golfing aficionados, whatever their handicap.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• From the Pioneers to The Great Triumvirate, 1860–1900
• American Birth and the Age of The Emperor, 1900–1930
• Nelson, Hogan, Snead and The Babe, 1930–1950
• International Expansion, 1950–1960
• The Big Three, 1960–1970
• The Nicklaus Challengers, 1970–1980
• Seve and the Rise of Europe, 1980–1995
• The Tiger Era, 1995–2011
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• Bibliography
• Index