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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520922
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Label: Gotham
Manufacturer: Gotham
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 05, 2007
Publisher: Gotham
Release Date: April 05, 2007
Sales Rank: 16374
Studio: Gotham
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Product Description:
In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to become the heroesof a golden age—the dawn of professional golf
Bringing to life golf’s founding father and son, Tommy’s Honor is a stirring tribute to two legendary players and a vivid evocation of their colorful, rip-roaring times.
The Morrises were towering figures in their day. Old Tom, born in 1821,began life as a nobody—he was the son of a weaver and a maid. But he was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, the cradle of golf, and the game was in his blood. He became the Champion Golfer of Scotland, a national hero who won tournaments (and huge bets) while his young son looked on. As 'Keeper of the Green' at the town’s ancient links, Tom deployed golf’s first lawnmower and banished sheep from the fairways.
Then Young Tommy’s career took off. Handsome Tommy Morris, the Tiger Woods of the nineteenth century, was a more daring player than his father. Soon he surpassed Old Tom and dominated the game. But just as he reached his peak—with spectators flocking to see him play—Tommy’s life took a tragic turn, leading to his death at the age of twenty-four. That shock is at the heart of Tommy’s Honor. It left Tom to pick up the pieces—to honor his son by keeping Tommy’s memory alive.
Like the New York Times bestseller The Greatest Game Ever Played, Tommy’s Honor is both fascinating history and a moving personal saga. Golfers will love it, but this book isn’t only for golfers. It’s for every son who has fought to escape a father’s shadow and for every father who had guided a son toward manhood, then found it hard to let him go.
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Rating:  - Tommys Honor by Kevin Cook
This book is about Old Tom Morris, considered to be the first Golf Course Superintendent, the builder of St Andrews and the first British Open Champ.It is also about his son Tom who won the British Open 3 consecutive years.If you are into golf course design, building or maintenance this is a must read.If you are into golf history it does not get better than this book.It is a vivid account of countless matches played over the best courses that Scotland has to offer.It also gives you a very ... Read More
Rating: - Aye, 'Tis a Far & Sure Book
These original Scott golfers would like to say as they teed off, Hit it far and sure.This book on them is just that, far and sure.It goes a long way in linking us golfers today with the Morrises and their other links buddies.Like many, I have heard about the infamous Morris' and golf's grand start in Scotland.This is done in such an intimate and flowing story form that you're brought right back into the times these two great golfers teed it up.
There is much history and culture ... Read More
Rating: - Award Winner
This book was a finalist for sports book of the year in the UK in 2007, and won the Book-of-the-Year Award from the United States Golf Association.Kevin Cook hits it "far and sure."
Rating: - Great Golf Book
If you want to learn some of the history of Scottish golf, this is a great book. It is very readable and interesting. I wish I had read it before we made our first trip to play golf in Scotland last year.
Rating: - A Must Read, Not Just For Golfers
Simply put, this has it all, from facts we all thing we know, to the lives of this family both the glorious and the very lowest God can hand to us.
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