All the Memorable Rounds: Golf Adventures and Misadventures, by Tripp Bowden,Bob Jones IV

By Tripp Bowden,Bob Jones IV

In All the Memorable Rounds, writer Tripp Bowden asserts that it's the adventure that defines a golfing path. This comprises the event from the car parking zone to the professional store, the golfing direction to the caddies, the 1st tee jitters to the eighteenth tee with all bets at the line. The adventure is on the 19th gap, commiserating over a pint to those that received away, elevating a pitcher to those that didn’t.

Bowden contains his personal tales from one of the most noteworthy classes in the United States, whereas weaving in tales from fellow golfing fans and pros. From Augusta nationwide to Cypress element, and plenty of in among, the reader can reside, love, and research along Bowden and associates. Featured reviews include:

• taking part in a around at Palmetto golfing membership and researching the never-before-told tale at the back of direction dressmaker Alister MacKenzie.
• studying approximately Ben Hogan’s deepest desk within the grill room at Shady Oaks and studying the genuine mystery to the Hogan swing.
• Reliving the sport of golfing for the 1st time back at a municipal golfing direction in Augusta, Georgia, referred to as the Cabbage Patch, in the course of the eyes of a nine-year-old first-time golfer.

All the Memorable Rounds is going past the slope scores and dives deep into the reports that make the sport of golfing one of many oldest and so much celebrated within the world.

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