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The Greatest Game Ever Played: Vardon, Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf | 
| Author: Mark Frost
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 30412
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 472
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0751533262
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780751533262
ASIN: 0751533262
Publication Date: July 3, 2003
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Golf, Heroin and Improper Postures October 25, 2008
This is a fantastic book, even if one's not into golf. It reassured me that I was normal: I was getting so obsessed with going to the driving range, it was embarrassing -- I even lied to my dad once about where I was going, because he kept making remarks like, 'Everything in moderation.' As if it were a heroin addiction...well, I suppose heroin isn't good even in moderation.
Anyway, the people in the book actually slept with their clubs, which I don't do, and built their own backyard courses out of tin cans and dirt (which I can't do, because I live in an apartment).
But, my swing is still erratic. Sometimes I go and can't get the ball in the air, and then men insist on coming up to me and giving me tips, which I've gotten better at politely ignoring. One reason I got really bad for awhile was because I had so many mutually contradicting tips in my head -- some guy even came up and told me to 'spread my legs.' That just does not seem like a thing you should ever be able to tell a stranger.
Simply awesome September 9, 2007
Today I've just come back from Florida. I picked this book up over there purely by chance. I was in a book store looking for a 'good golf book' to read whilst relaxing. I picked this because of the title of the book, the fact Harry Vardon was in it (I have heard of him but didn't know that much) and also because it said 'the birth of modern golf'. I started to play golf in my spare time last April and have always been fascinated about the origins of the game.
This book isn't short, but I finished it in under 7 days. Its a real page turner and I couldn't put it down. The author does a fantastic job of bringing the action to life.
Highly recommended ! In fact I've just come back off holiday and found out a film was produced based on the book in 2005. I'm off to buy that right now !
The start of something big July 11, 2007
When I first started to read this book I wasn't sure of the history behind the story, however once I got in to it I couldn't put it down. The way Mark manages to capture the real events and characters within the story I was fully engrossed in the event and could feel the excitement of the game. During the final chapters of the book I was totally captivated and felt like I was on the course.
A must read for all golf fans.
The Greatest Book about the Greatest Game April 16, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Greatest Book about the Greatest Game, September 1, 2003
Reviewer: Geoff Urie from Paisley, Scotland
Having read widely on all aspects of golf, including classics such as A good walk spoiled, Final Rounds, Golf in the Kingdom, Four-iron in my soul, the Legend of Bagger Vance, the Miracle on the 17th Green, To the Linksland and A Duel in the Sun - to name but a few, I can declare that Mark Frost's book "The Greatest Game Ever Played: Vardon, Ouimet and the Birth of Modern Golf" is in my opinion the most informative and entertaining of all. It brings to life a vital chapter in the development of the game both in Britain and the United States. For anyone wishing to learn about how the game of golf was played in the early years this is the book for you.
Harry Vardon is one of the greatest golfers of all time but the general golfing public probably know very little about him and the difficulties he overcame.
Francis Ouimet has always been an obscure name from the past - this book will explain that his standing in world golf was no fluke result.
I thoroughly recommend this book - you will not be disappointed.
For any film makers reading this - If you roll The Natural, Tin Cup and Chariots of Fire together it will not come anywhere near the story of Ouimet versus Vardon !
 best sporting event book so far August 10, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As the title of this review suggests for once this book matches and exceeds the expectation of a book of this type. This is the account of a truly, globally important sporting event that changed golf forever.
The author sets the event up very skillfully with detailed backgrounds of the all the main protagonists which gives a real flavour of the time and the mood.
Some of the crowd reaction described as the competition reaches it's climax is a reminder of the scenes at the same course (Brookline)at the last Ryder Cup in the US a few years back.
Surely somebody with the necessary skills could turn this into the best Golf Film ever.
I recommend that you do as I intend which is to give a copy to all close friends who play the game, it's a real must read.
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