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Author Dodson, James.

Title American triumvirate [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the modern age of golf / James Dodson.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred. A. Knopf, 2012.
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Description 1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-375).
Contents Ode to Billy Joe -- Year of wonders -- The power of three -- The Golden Age -- The Christmas match -- The university of golf -- Sam versus the world -- Breakthrough and heartbreak -- Redemption -- The war within -- Mr. Golf -- An unexpected Open -- Then there were two -- Hollywood comeback -- Immortality -- Last hurrahs -- Endings and beginnings.
Summary A celebration of three legendary golfers describes how the sport deteriorated into virtual non-existence before the trio revitalized its popularity by setting records while transforming how the game was played and regarded.
Subject Golfers -- United States -- Biography.
Golf -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nelson, Byron, 1912-2006.
Snead, Sam, 1912-2002.
Hogan, Ben, 1912-1997.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Dodson, James. American triumvirate. 1st ed. New York : Alfred. A. Knopf, 2012 9780307272492 (DLC) 2011043446 (OCoLC)761334724
ISBN 9780307957399 (electronic bk.)
030795739X (electronic bk.)
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