The 100 Greatest Ever Golfers

Andy Farrell

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
 
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 history recounts the lives and achievements of the sport's leading lights through fascinating anecdotes and insights into the development of the game across the decades. Arranged alphabetically and 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 Page
• Table of 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 BY GOLFER
• Copyright