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The Match |  | Author: Mark Frost
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  110 reviews
Sales Rank: 4494
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352660979476
ASIN: B000Y2R0F2
Publication Date: November 6, 2007
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"It's difficult to beat a good golf book, be it a good yarn or a picture book . . . The golf is spectacular, the course more so, the descriptions luminous."
--USA Today"The untold story of golf's greatest money match, featuring Hogan and Nelson at Cypress Point, comes to life in . . . Mark Frost's gripping new book, The Match."
--Golf magazine "Frost weaves an exceptional narrative . . . It's a gripping tale--as good as James Patterson, John Grisham, or any other contemporary novelist could create. And all true. The match comes down to the 18th hole, and you'll be the winner once you turn the last page."
--Met Golfer "Frost masterfully puts the reader not just on the scene, but in the time, too, with terrific storytelling."
--The State (South Carolina) "Frost captures an elusive magic in this improbable matchup and what it meant for those who played and witnessed it."
--Publishers Weekly "The Match was a dream I never thought would come true. If I hadn't been there I wouldn't believe it myself, and if you know anything about sports or the game of golf, once you pick up this book you won't put it down. No one will ever see an event like this again. Fiction can't touch it."
--Ken Venturi The year: 1956. Four decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the ten-year-old caddie to U.S. Open Champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, Lowery has just made a bet with fellow millionaire George Coleman. Lowery claims that two of his employees, amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, cannot be beaten in a best-ball match. Lowery challenges Coleman to bring any two golfers of his choice to the course at 10 a.m. the next day to settle the issue. Coleman accepts the challenge and shows up with his own power team: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest living professionals, with fourteen major championships between them. In Mark Frost's peerless hands, complete with the recollections of all the participants, the story of this immortal foursome and the game they played that day--legendarily known in golf circles as the greatest private match ever played--comes to life with powerful, emotional impact and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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 One of the best golf stories ever August 26, 2010
James V. Doane (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware)
If you like golf you must read this book, it's written in a superb manner!
Compelling August 24, 2010
Matthew (Newington, CT)
I adored this book. Managed to take a single practice round played six decades ago and turn it into a compelling story. I learned so much about the origins of golf and finished the book feeling the need to read a biography on Bing Crosby.
 No match for his earlier books August 23, 2010
Ted Dintersmith (Seattle WA USA)
I loved Frost's "The Greatest Game Ever Played" and "Grand Slam," so I picked up "The Match" with anticipation. It was, though, quite disappointing. When I got to the end, I couldn't figure out for the life of me why this match marked the "day the game of golf changed forever." I thought the hole-by-hole reporting of the match was less than captivating. The histories of the four golfers were quite interesting, but the book makes almost no case for why this match really did change the game of golf.
 Good Overview of Historical Event August 23, 2010
A Humble Reader
As the author notes, this match could never take place today. Two of the greatest golfers of all time in a "practice round" with the two top amateurs of the day. Beyond giving solid histories on each player, and even the two business men who concocted this event, Frost really excells at painting descriptions of the match -- hole by hole, shot by shot. Not only does he place the reader at the match with his portrayal of how it unfolded, but one can feel some level of the tension that must have engulfed the players and the building gallery at Cyprus that day. If you are a golf or sports fan of any type, you'll enjoy this one immensely.
Very Enjoyable Read July 20, 2010
Ben
The perfect vacation book. Great background on the four players involved, Venturi/Ward and Hogan/Nelson, and a fantastic description of Cypress. May have moved that golf course past Augusta as the place I'd most like to play.
If you have any interest in the history of golf, this is a well written account about the secular shift from amateur to pro at golf's highest level, framed in the context of an extraordinary match play outing. A few entertaining descriptions from the Crosby Clambake thrown in as well. Easy, relaxing and enjoyable. Highly recommended.
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