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Summary: Don't waste your money on this one.
Review: This book has 464 pages I had to WD after 200. I just could not take it any more. This has to be the most boring book I have ever read. It was like I was reading old newspaper articles. I kept hoping that it would get better but it never did. Trying to piece together what several players (on separate holes) were thinking at one point in a tournament was ridiculous. I don't plan on finishing the book. Since it still looks brand new it may just be the perfect Christmas gift for my boss
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Summary: Another great work by Feinstein.
Review: This book is a wonderful story of the 4 majors during one year on the PGA Tour. I only give it 4 stars because I enjoyed 'A Good Walk Spoiled' a little more.
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Summary: Better than watching on TV.
Review: This book is great. It is suspensefull and informative throughout. You are introduced to the various golfers as they play, or attempt to qualify for the majors. The tournaments are covered in more detail than you get on TV and with much more insight into what is going on in the heads of the players. The book would be good for anyone who has ever played or watched golf on TV. It is especially enjoyable if you happened to attend any of the major golf tournaments in 1998.
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Summary: Great stuff...but make sure you get the paperback version
Review: This book is notable for its ability to get inside a professional golfer's head & inside a PGA Tour locker room. It's typical of all of Feinstein's work in that his subjects have provided him with unfettered access to their professional and personal lives. For any anyone interested in golf - or simply in competition at its highest level - the story that Feinstein has pieced together around the 1998 major championships is an absolute delight. One seldom-mentioned aspect of the book that I really enjoyed: Feinstein tags along for the US Open Regional and Sectional qualifiers, as well as for a British Open qualifier. The qualifiers may represent golf in its purest form, and he builds a gripping tale as various strugglers try to fight their way into the big show. It's a thrill to hitch a ride on Larry Mize's back as he tries to qualify for the British. Here's one shining example that it's truly not always about the money. Make sure you go for the paperback version of this book. It has a sizable 'Afterword' that summarizes the 1999 season, especially Payne Stewart's redemption at Pinehurst & untimely death, plus a recap of Tiger Woods' breakout campaign. One small complaint: the cover. Okay...Duval, Stewart, Furyk and Woods were a compelling storyline in the book because they each played a significant role in one or more of the majors. But where are the winners? How about using shots of O'Meara, Janzen and Singh instead? Especially O'Meara, with two majors and Player of the Year honors. You'll telling me that Jim Furyk (Q Rating = statistical noise) is going to sell more books that Mark O'Meara? Feinstein does justice in his work to O'Meara's quest to wipe away his reputation as "King of the B's," but this cover is a real slap in his face.
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Summary: worth reading
Review: this is very much like his first book. it gives one an insight of what it is like inside the ropes at the majors. i thought i understood how much a major meant, but i was wrong. feinstein is able to give one an insight of what it is like for golf, and inherently i what it must be like in other sports, e.g, the superbowl, world series, etc. it is interesting that the majors are ranked in order of importance - masters, us open, british open, and the pga - this is also how he wrote the book, that is about half of the book is about the masters with a small sliver devoted to the poor-forgotten pga.
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Summary: Feinstein Delivers Again
Review: This was a very enjoyable reading...Feinstein does a masterful job at giving you an insider's view from a fan's perspective. He gives us a closeup look at the personal side of our "idols"...his story of John Daly was particularly touching and insightful. Must reading for any golf or Feinstein fan.
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Summary: If you're a golfer, read this book
Review: Very enjoyable reading. Even though I know the outcome of each tournament the book held my attention. As usual, Feinstein makes you feel like you know each and every player with his patented "mini-bios." Maybe read the book a couple of weeks prior to the US Open, it will get you in the mood to watch it on TV. Will not be winning the Pulitzer for investigative journalism anytime soon, but so what? If you liked this book, try my favorite Feinstein book, "A Civil War" - the story of the Army/Navy game.
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Summary: Ran Out of Gas
Review: What begins with a fascinating look at the Masters and the U.S. Open sloughs off the British Open and completely disses the PGA. I thought Feinstein had some fascinating moments--the guy who picks the hole locations for the U.S. Open, the spot in the Augusta National clubhouse where the amatuers sleep during the tournament, the torment of flying to England and qualifying for the British Open in a hurricane, the personal stories of Fred Couples and David Duval--but I agree with previous writers who found too much play-by-play. Feinstein also missed some obvious magic, giving 17-year-old Brian Rose's amazing British Open play only a few lines. No one sports moment in all of 1998 was so electrifying as Rose's hole-out on 18 in front of the British fans, yet Feinstein tosses this off in a sentence. The worst part of the book, however, is how Feinstein seemed to lose interest by the PGA section. This is a 400+-pager with less than 60 pages devoted to the PGA. He so persuaded me that he didn't care that I didn't either, and I stopped reading. I think Feinstein had about ten really good magazine stories here that, for some reason (a big book advance?), had to be strecthed to hundreds of pages. In the end, it's in an awkward middle ground trying for both Herbert Warren Wind and Dan Jenkins, without the grace of the former or the laugh-out-loud raunch of the latter and, eventually, reaching neither.
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Summary: No Birdie here...... but he managed Par
Review: What seems to have the makings of a great read falls short with countless pages of unnecessary ramblings. This book was over 460 pages, and I would say at least 175 read like old newspaper articles. We know who won the tournaments! I mean anyone who is taking the time to read a book like this certainly watched the Major in 1998 and didn't need to have each stoke retold like it happened yesterday, but Mr. Feinstein felt he should. It's a shame because the player bios and various anctedotes about the tournaments/personalities were fun to read, but you had to work your way through countless chapters talking about Mark O'Meara's thought process on the 4th hole when he was choosing the club he was going to use. Too much!! After I read the first few chapters on the PGA Championship (the last of the majors covered)I put the book down. Afterall the last 60 pages will cover the PGA Championship stroke by tortuous stroke. Hate to ruin it for everyone but Vijay Singh won that tournament. I didn't even have to read the last 60 pages.
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Summary: Not bad
Review: When you pick up this book, don't think that you are going to learn everything you want to know about the 4 majors. This book focuses solely on the stories in 1998. With O'Meara winning the Masters and the British and Vijay Singh and Lee Janzen winning the PGA and US Open respectively, in comparison, it wasn't that exciting a year. Don't get me wrong, there were some interesting storylines and it was well written, but if you are a golf fan who knows some of his/her stuff, you will not learn too much. One thing I did not hear before this was that Rae's Creek is dyed blue every year. There are a few other interesting tidbits, but not too many. All in all, it was well written, but not too difficult to read. Very easy to follow.
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