American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
- ISBN-10
- 0307473554
- ISBN-13
- 9780307473554
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 378
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-02-26
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- James Dodson
Description
A celebration of three legendary golf champions describes how the professional sport deteriorated into virtual non-existence before the trio revitalized its popularity, dominating American attention and setting records from the 1930s to the 1950s while transforming how the game was played and regarded. By the author of Final Rounds.
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- 2012-03-13
- 400 pages
- Ebook
- Vintage
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- 2010
- 121 pages
- Paperback
- American Liberty Press
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