The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever

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"The untold story of golf's greatest money match, featuring Hogan and Nelson at Cypress Point, comes to life in . . . Mark Frost's gripping new book, The Match."
--Golf magazine

"Frost weaves an exceptional narrative . . . It's a gripping tale--as good as James Patterson, John Grisham, or any other contemporary novelist could create. And all true. The match comes down to the 18th hole, and you'll be the winner once you turn the last page."
--Met Golfer

"Frost masterfully puts the reader not just on the scene, but in the time, too, with terrific storytelling."
--The State (South Carolina)

"Frost captures an elusive magic in this improbable matchup and what it meant for those who played and witnessed it."
--Publishers Weekly

"The Match was a dream I never thought would come true. If I hadn't been there I wouldn't believe it myself, and if you know anything about sports or the game of golf, once you pick up this book you won't put it down. No one will ever see an event like this again. Fiction can't touch it."
--Ken Venturi

The year: 1956. Four decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the ten-year-old caddie to U.S. Open Champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, Lowery has just made a bet with fellow millionaire George Coleman. Lowery claims that two of his employees, amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, cannot be beaten in a best-ball match. Lowery challenges Coleman to bring any two golfers of his choice to the course at 10 a.m. the next day to settle the issue.

Coleman accepts the challenge and shows up with his own power team: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest living professionals, with fourteen major championships between them.

In Mark Frost's peerless hands, complete with the recollections of all the participants, the story of this immortal foursome and the game they played that day--legendarily known in golf circles as the greatest private match ever played--comes to life with powerful, emotional impact and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

What Customers Say About The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever:

While it is an interesting story and this match probably had some impact on the game of golf, I believe the book is only truly accessible to someone who is already very familiar with the game, the players and the golf course. I'm an occasional golfer and once in a while I watch a tournament on TV. There is nothing in the book to aid someone like me. This story sounded intriguing, so I purchased a copy to read while traveling. I started to read, but just couldn't finish. Not a single photograph, diagra -- anything -- that would put the match in perspective. I got about as much out of the summary on the back of the book as I did from what I read.

This book tells a great story about an event on a fabulous golf course. I really learned alot about the players and golf history.

This was a very informational book on the history of a few of the greatest players to play the game. I am a golf professional and was very impressed with the writing, the story, and especially how you go through a few holes of the match, then learn about a player, then more holes and another player etc. Fascinating how great and dominant a player that Byron Nelson was. Highly recommend this book.

As a lifelong fan of Hogan, Nelson, and Venturi, I still did not know some of the more poignent and haunting moments of their lives. Most readers will find all the 5-star reviews here well deserved. Most of the reviews, however, omit the structural significance of Frost's book, namely, the juxtaposition of action at Cypress with vignettes of the lives of the four main golfers as well as those who've not yet reached their prime (Palmer et al). Youngsters can read this book and not find the profanity prevalent in too many stories today. Finally, Frost's literary allusions, even paraphrases, of Shakespeare and Kipling, among others ("flesh is heir to"; triumph and failures as "imposters"), enriches and elevates the text, making more forgivable Frost's propensity for fragmented sentences.Thank you again, Mark Frost, for presenting a straightforward story with such eloquence.

It's difficult for a golf book to grab you, and the reason this one grabbed me is that it is somehow beyond golf. I bought this as a throwaway for a flight home from Las Vegas, and by the time we were in our descent I was getting all choked up. The human aspect of each competitor, the adrenaline of a special competition, and the sense of character now lost combine to make this a special read. Viva Harvie.