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The Majors: In Pursuit of Golf's Holy Grail
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35266
EAN: 9780316279710
ISBN: 0316279714
Label: Little, Brown
Manufacturer: Little, Brown
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: April 06, 1999
Publisher: Little, Brown
Studio: Little, Brown
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Editorial Review:
As much a force of nature in sporting pursuits as John Grisham is on lawyers or Steven King is on the weird, the dauntingly prolific John Feinstein once again steps up to take a swing at golf. While A Good Walk Spoiled chronicles the pressures and tensions of a full season on the PGA Tour, The Majors narrows the vista, and expands the importance, to the chase for the four prestigious titles--the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA--that separate the great careers from the pretenders. That the chase occurred in 1998 turns The Majors from a compelling chronicle into a thrilling one.
A thorough reporter, Feinstein does the necessary homework both inside and beyond the ropes. He dusts off history and anecdote to provide perspective and explore how and why these four particular tournaments sprouted such regal fur around their collars. Still, perspective is just background if there's no focus to give it meaning, and he finds a bagful of it in the individual quests and the public and private dramas of, most notably, Fred Couples, Lee Janzen, Tiger Woods, Mark O'Meara, Phil Mickelson, and David Duval. All entered the season with much to prove--to themselves and posterity, and the latter is what the Majors are so imposingly about. As Feinstein observes, "Four days a year, golfers go out to play for Forever. Those are the four Sundays at the major championships. They all know what is at stake." As the record shows, none staked a claim more improbably or excitingly than O'Meara, who put a pair of exclamation points on a long, distinguished--but significantly Major-less--career with stunning, gutsy victories at both the Masters and the British Open. Feinstein records these quests with precision and color; as usual, he aims at a target and shoots better than par. --Jeff Silverman
John Feinstein returns to his most popular subject, golf, and brings us the story behind 1998s most competitive, lucrative, and unfailingly dramatic contests. Each of the four major golf tournaments, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA, has its own personality, level of competition, and drama. Here, John Feinstein follows such top stars as Mark OMeara, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples, and David Duval, together with lesser-known contenders, through the four tournaments. Readers are treated to a behind-the-scenes look at how big-name players orchestrate their seasons to be at peak form for these intense events. At the same time, Feinstein gives us the history and lore of the tournaments, showing how they became and remain The Majors. The Majors sees Feinstein taking the themes of A Good Walk Spoiled to an even higher and more dramatic level; a great gift and another #1 bestseller. John Feinsteins A Good Walk Spoiled was a #1 New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. He is a regular commentator on NPR and writes for the Washington Post Sunday Magazine and Golf Magazine. Available as a Time Warner AudioBook.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Good Inside Look at the Majors and the Golfers Who Play in Them
Good read, especially good at giving an inside view of the golfers themselves, who they are, what they value, how they interact with each other and how they, individually and as a group, view the Majors. Very good read, especially about the golfers, how they they encourage and compete with one another--Lee Janzen's exchange with Scott Stricker is particularly memorable--and about how they approach and play the Majors. Readers may have a concern about this book being dated, and from a historical ... Read More
Rating:  - An interesting read to this day!
Feinstein's book chronicles the 1998 PGA Tour Season highlighting the Majors which are the Masters, the US Open, the British Open and the PGA.
This book avoids becoming the run-of-the-mill 1998 PGA Tour Season review by providing us with information on the Major tournaments we cannot get in magazines [tidbits on the US Open "unfair" hole locations, champions' locker rooms(Masters), payment for trophy replicas etc...]
Interesting backgrounders on major protagonists such as ... Read More
Rating: - Inside the Ropes at the Majors in 1998
The year was 1998 and the winners were Mark O'Meara (The Masters at Augusta National and The British Open at Royal Birkdale), Lee Janzen (The U.S. Open at the Olympic Club), and Vijay Singh (The P.G.A. Championship at Sahalee Country Club). Although all four Majors are conducted under the collaborative supervision of the U.S.G.A. and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club organizations, each has its own terms and conditions for participation as well as stages of qualification to compete with those who, for ... Read More
Rating: - A leisurly and delightful tour of the Major championships
John Feinstein reports the stories of the 1998 major golf championships through the lives of several players who were contending for one or more of them that year. The Majors are, of course, The Masters, The US Open, The Open Championship (British Open), and the PGA Championship. Saying that Mark O'Meara won The Masters and the British Open, Lee Janzen the US Open, and Vijay Singh the PGA Championship says almost nothing about the character, history, and the dynamic nature of life and competition on ... Read More
Rating:  - Majors Is Minor Feinstein
Is a book a book because an author says it is? Or is it a book because it is about something?
John Feinstein seems to take the former "I write therefore it is" approach. As a result, I never quite got what "The Majors" was about. My fault? I don't think so. I not only "got" the point of Feinstein's previous golf book, "A Good Walk Spoiled," but enjoyed it. That book belongs on any sports lover's shelf, and is worth any novice's time as well.
"A Good ... Read More
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