When war played through : golf during World War II / John Strege.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Gotham Books, c2005.Description: x, 326 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1592401546
  • 9781592401543
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: When war played through.LOC classification:
  • GV 963 .S77 2005
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Contents:
Golf on a day of infamy : the Pearl Harbor attack -- It's your duty to play more golf : the game's first response -- War comes to Augusta : the 1942 Masters and PGA Championship -- A medal for Hogan : the Hale America Open -- The grass is not greener : the clubs and the war -- Autumn leaves and a Spalding dot : shortages hit golf -- Hunkering down : an elite sport comes under attack -- Eisenhower and Jones : warriors -- A call to serve : the pros go to war -- Good enough to play with Snead and Nelson : Burke and Bourisseau -- Stalag golf : POWs play through -- D-Day : golf and Operation Overlord -- Soldiering on, hole by hole : golf keeps up the fight -- A game's resilience : golf rebounds -- Ben who? and Lord Byron : the greatest streak in golf history -- The greatest boom of all time : golf moves from the war zones to home -- Worthy champions: the Masters resumes.
Summary: How golf boosted moral in WWII, from which it began its climb to its tremendous popularity today. Autographed copy.
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Includes index.

Golf on a day of infamy : the Pearl Harbor attack -- It's your duty to play more golf : the game's first response -- War comes to Augusta : the 1942 Masters and PGA Championship -- A medal for Hogan : the Hale America Open -- The grass is not greener : the clubs and the war -- Autumn leaves and a Spalding dot : shortages hit golf -- Hunkering down : an elite sport comes under attack -- Eisenhower and Jones : warriors -- A call to serve : the pros go to war -- Good enough to play with Snead and Nelson : Burke and Bourisseau -- Stalag golf : POWs play through -- D-Day : golf and Operation Overlord -- Soldiering on, hole by hole : golf keeps up the fight -- A game's resilience : golf rebounds -- Ben who? and Lord Byron : the greatest streak in golf history -- The greatest boom of all time : golf moves from the war zones to home -- Worthy champions: the Masters resumes.

How golf boosted moral in WWII, from which it began its climb to its tremendous popularity today. Autographed copy.

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