The instant New York Times bestseller from acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bamberger--a warm, nostalgic, intimately reported account of golf's greatest generation, and "maybe the best golf book I've ever read" (Bill Reynolds, The Providence Journal).

With "exceptional insight into some of America's greatest players over the last half-century" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Men in Green is to golf what Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer was to baseball: a big-hearted account of the sport's greats, from the household names to the private legends, those behind-the-curtain giants who never made the headlines.

Michael Bamberger, who has covered the game for twenty years at Sports Illustrated, shows us the big names as we've never seen them before: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Curtis Strange, Fred Couples--and the late Ken Venturi. But he also chronicles the legendary figures known only to insiders, who nevertheless have left an indelible mark on the sport. There's a club pro, a teaching pro, an old black Southern caddie. There's a tournament director in his seventies, a TV director in his eighties, and a USGA executive in his nineties. All these figures, from the marquee names to the unknowns, have changed the game. What they all share is a game that courses through their collective veins like a drug.

Was golf better back in the day? Men in Green weaves a history of the modern game that is personal, touching, inviting, and new. This meditation on aging and a celebration of the game is "a nostalgic visit and reminiscence with those who fashioned golf history...and should be cherished" (Golf Digest).

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	272
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Simon & Schuster
Fecha de Publicación	2016-04-05
Dimensiones	8.4" x 5.5" x 0.6" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No
Temas	Siglo 20

Bamberger, Michael

Michael Bamberger was born in Patchogue, New York, in 1960. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, he spent a more than a decade as a newspaper reporter, followed by twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated. He has written nine books, including the New York Times bestseller Men in Green, The Ball in the Air, The Second Life of Tiger Woods, To the Linksland, as well as a play, Bart & Fay. His work has appeared in The Best American Sports Writing and other anthologies. In 2022, Bamberger received the Memorial Golf Journalism Award at Jack Nicklaus's annual tournament.