Making the Masters by David Barrett

Description: Making the Masters ~ Bobby Jones and the Birth of America's Greatest Golf Tournament by David BarrettNew, Hard Cover, 272 PagesContested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world’s most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established itself in 1935. The key figure in the tournament’s creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was a living legend after winning the Grand Slam in 1930 and immediately retiring at the age of twenty-eight. He went on to found Augusta National and sought a high-profile tournament for his new course. But nearly as important was Clifford Roberts, a banker friend of Jones who not only embraced Jones’s vision but became his right-hand man in working to bring that vision to reality. Barrett explores how Jones and Roberts built the Masters from scratch, creating a golf institution embellished by the often surprising details of what that entailed as they were trying to establish a golf club and golf tournament in tough economic times. It also vividly chronicles the events of the 1934 and 1935 Masters, with Gene Sarazen’s spectacular victory in 1935 providing the climax. Set against the backdrop of golf, and America, in the 1930s, the book provides an informative and entertaining read for fans of the Masters and students of golf history. Please contact with questionsB1306 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ We guarantee the authenticity, as well as the accurate description of all our items. Please email any questions before Bidding Refunds minus our shipping, buyer pays return shipping. No International shipping FREE SHIPPING for items shipped via USPS 1st Class with backing board on both sides within the Continental U.S. Priority Mail and UPS available by request We will combine shipping on our items if PAID and SHIPPED in the same package. Shipments within the State of Iowa please add 7% Sales Tax, California please add 8.625%. Please look at our other golf items in our ebay store: 1997collectibles4u Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

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Location: Fairfield, Iowa

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