TY - BOOK AU - Strege,John TI - When war played through: golf during World War II SN - 1592401546 AV - GV 963 .S77 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Gotham Books KW - Golf and war KW - United States KW - History KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Social aspects KW - Social life and customs KW - 1918-1945 N1 - 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 N2 - How golf boosted moral in WWII, from which it began its climb to its tremendous popularity today. Autographed copy UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011228.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2005011228-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2005011228-b.html ER -