Review
Praise for Curt Sampson
The Masters
"Jack Nicklaus may own six green jackets, but no one has captured the Masters like Sampson." -The (Baton Rouge) Advocate
"Sampson has put together a great story of a powerful institution."
--austin.citysearch.com
"[Curt Sampson's] fine new book, The Masters, is the only way we mortals are ever going to gain entree to the hallowed Augusta National Golf Club."
--The Dallas Morning News
Hogan
"Curt Sampson has dissected Ben Hogan and what he is about in greater detail than anyone. This is a fascinating look at perhaps the most feared and revered golfer of all time." --Ben Crenshaw
"A superb and insightful portrait of the most elusive and complex champion in golf history . . . worth every damn cent you're asked for it."
--Guy Yocom, Golf Digest
"Rings true as a Hogan iron to the green." --Sam Blair, The Dallas Morning News
The Eternal Summer
"I must congratulate Curt Sampson for his passion for the game as well as his skill with a pen. . . . The Eternal Summer will make you feel like you are there at Augusta, Cherry Hills, St. Andrews, and many other places. I know. I was there." --Dan Jenkins
"Moving, vivid, and funny . . . never a dull moment. . . . The Eternal Summer is the most enjoyable book on any subject I've read in a long time."
--Jack Purcell, Jr., publisher, Southern Links
"Nineteen-sixty was as interesting a year in golf as I've ever known. Curt Sampson has captured it perfectly and perceptively. This book should be in every golfer's library." --Ben Wright, CBS-TV
Synopsis
An inside look at the oldest and best-known golf tournament in the world retraces the history of the British Open and offers portraits of some of its greatest players.
