Strege, John. <br/><br/>
When war played through :  golf during World War II / 
John Strege. 
 - New York :  Gotham Books,  c2005. 
 - x, 326 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> How golf boosted moral in WWII, from which it began its climb to its tremendous popularity today. Autographed copy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1592401546 9781592401543 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005011228 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Golf and war--History.--United States<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV 963  / .S77 2005