(Download free pdf) The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game
• Michael Blaine •
| #2058708 in Books | Mariner Books | 2007-04-06 | 2007-04-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.92 x5.00l,.85 | File Name: 0618871896 | 368 pages |
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great book on golf history and this deserving champion|By JAthey|This is a very interesting book about golf in the 20s and through the Depression years, and the life story of a deserving champion who came up the ranks from poverty to win both the U.S Open and Amateur. Equally interesting is the insight into the other side of Bobby Jones, who resented the intrusion of a poor bo|From Publishers Weekly|By age 23, Johnny Goodman (1909–1970) rose to the top of the golf world; in 1933, he became the last amateur to win the U.S. Open, and five years later made the cover of Time. Blaine's storytelling gifts (Desperate Season<
An orphan turned caddy born near the Omaha stockyards, Johnny Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too poor to play the country club game. But he swore he would prove everyone wrong, and before a nation’s riveted gaze this self-taught kid from the wrong side of the tracks beat the legendary Bobby Jones in the 1929 U.S. Amateur at a little-known California course called Pebble Beach. Goodman’s victory sent shock waves through the rarifie... [PDF.uq73] The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game Rating: 4.88 (569 Votes)
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game | Michael Blaine.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
