- Paperback: 289 pages
- Publisher: Robson Books; New edition edition (19 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861051840
- ISBN-13: 978-1861051844
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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- #44 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Golf > History & Biography
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*'A fascinating book - a must for all golf enthusiasts' Allsport *'The most eccentric golf book ever' Sport and Leisure * From bestselling author Andrew Ward. Golf's Strangest Rounds presents a fascinating collection of the game's most memorable moments together with bizarre tales from the lengthy annals of the sport's history. There are tales of tragedy, eccentricity, tactical slip-ups and others that seemingly defy categorisation altogether - like 'Mysterious Montague', one of the world's best golfers, but who refused to compete in a single tournament. Numerous legends of the game have also experienced strange rounds in their respective careers, and these include Gene Sarazen, Al Geiberger, Chip Beck, Greg Norman, Robert de Vicenzo and Nick Faldo - all of whom appear in the book for their parts in irrational finishes, record rounds and famous freak shots. Other titles in the series: Football's Strangest Matches (9781907554087), Rugby's Strangest Matches (9781907554063) and Cricket's Strangest Matches (9781907554094).
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book for the true golf lover,
By Kim Wood (NORTH FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but True Stories from over a Century of Golfing History (Paperback)
Purchased this book for my step dad who is really into golf. He said he loves it! and has found the stories really fascinating. I am really glad he is ennjoying it since the ordering and shipping of the book as a Christmas present was a real cuck up.
17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amusing, entertaining, all human life is here,
By r@reesjones.freeserve.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but True Stories from over a Century of Golfing History (Paperback)
Usually I'm sceptical about compilation books but this was a treasure trove. I'd always thought golf was a simple game - after all the ball is tiny and the holes look quite big to me. But not a bit of it - every combination of balls, clubs and holes are here.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Golf can be very strange at times,
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (No. 1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Golf's Strangest Rounds: Extraordinary but True Stories from over a Century of Golfing History (Paperback)
Golf has a long history dating back many centuries, long before the first British Open in 1860, but the oldest episode covered in this book dates from 1870. Many strange episodes from then until the new millennium are covered, not just from professional events but also from amateur events, as well as a few novelty events. The book also covers milestones in golf history, one of these being the argument over the format of the golfing event within the 1908 Olympics. The upshot of that argument was that there was no golf in the 1908 Olympics. Featured in the 1904 Olympics, golf has been excluded ever since although it may return eventually.The selection of episodes, as ever in a book of this type, can be argued about. Bernhard Langer's round featuring his climb up a tree does not get a piece of its own, although it is mentioned during the coverage of a different episode. The Ryder Cup has been full of drama since it became Europe versus the USA, but nothing that happened in these events gets its own piece, although Brookline is mentioned in another episode. However, six near misses by Greg Norman each get separate coverage. A different author might have give less coverage to Greg's misfortunes (maybe combining them into one piece) and more to the Ryder Cup, but there have been so many strange golfing stories that some had to be left out. Indeed, the author admits that his book is primarily made up of British and American stories with a few from Australia, simply because of the volume of stories available. He had no need to look elsewhere even though he is confident that he could have found great stories from elsewhere. The author also explains three different ways to hole in one and not win a hole, one of which caused a rule change. Now there are only two ways. You can't work them out? Buy the book and find out. Occasionally tragic but mostly funny and always entertaining, this is well up to the standard that I expect from this series.
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