{"product_id":"america-tees-off-true-tales-of-golfs-rich-history-hardback-9781496243164","title":"America Tees Off; True Tales of Golf's Rich History (Hardback) 9781496243164","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerica Tees Off\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTrue Tales of Golf's Rich History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Sowell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496243164\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Golfers love good stories to share on a tee box or in a grill room, and this book is stuffed with tales to impress even the most seasoned golf storyteller. One great anecdote after the next, each chapter is a dive into America’s rich golf history, with a cast of characters broader than any field in golf. A breezy, joyful stroll through the American golf story.”—\u003cb\u003eTom Coyne\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eA Course Called America\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“No sport has such a rich history as golf, and David Sowell brings that past to life in this entertaining book about golf in America. This is a must for every golfer’s library. The prose is as pure as a well-struck seven iron. Pour a tumbler of scotch, settle into your favorite chair, and enjoy.”—\u003cb\u003ePhilip Reed\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Greatest Golf Swing\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1887 a linen salesman from New York City visited the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, considered to be the oldest golf course in the world. While there, he visited the shop of golf legend Old Tom Morris. He purchased six clubs and some balls. Soon after his return home, this purchase triggered a golf explosion that would soon see America not only take up the game but also take it over. \u003ci\u003eAmerica Tees Off\u003c\/i\u003e tracks golf’s impact on the country and the game since this historic purchase, with dozens of wide-ranging stories from when the game first took hold in the United States to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These stories cover both the great amateur and professional players, as well as the golf adventures of average players and the not-so-average, like U.S. presidents, athletes in other sports, Hollywood stars, and the mega-wealthy. You’ll read about what was thought to be a highly questionable land purchase in the Sandhills of North Carolina in 1895 that led to the golf mecca of Pinehurst, how Babe Didrikson Zaharias’s husband used his cigar to give her assistance during tournament play, and how the scientist who worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos helped President Eisenhower improve his game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerica Tees Off\u003c\/i\u003e also covers the effect of American ingenuity on the game’s equipment and how the sport was televised. These lesser-known, behind-the-scenes true stories will entertain and inform the most serious golf enthusiasts as well as those just getting into the sport’s colorful history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Father of American Golf\u003cbr\u003e The Most Flamboyant Player on Tour Outdoes Himself\u003cbr\u003e Young Tiger Overcomes a Rough Patch\u003cbr\u003e A Young Executive Goes Rogue\u003cbr\u003e Babe Ruth Agrees to Become a Yankee at the 18th Green\u003cbr\u003e Arnold Palmer Resuscitates the British Open\u003cbr\u003e Golf Grabs Michael Jordan\u003cbr\u003e President Obama Cuts His Golf Short for Good Reason\u003cbr\u003e Golf Infects the USA'\u003cbr\u003es Two Richest Men\u003cbr\u003e A Big Opening in Tinsel Town\u003cbr\u003e Anchors Away Sam Snead\u003cbr\u003e Picture-Perfect Tackle\u003cbr\u003e Bryson Does His Thing\u003cbr\u003e American Golf Goes Public\u003cbr\u003e A Surprising Defeat Leads to a Stellar Collaboration\u003cbr\u003e It Was Alice’\u003cbr\u003es Idea\u003cbr\u003e It Was Do or Die\u003cbr\u003e The Seller Thought the Buyer Had More Money Than Common Sense\u003cbr\u003e Golf Lessons in an Office Suite in the Heart of New York City\u003cbr\u003e Golf, Bitter Cold, and Panty Hose\u003cbr\u003e Scottie Records His First Professional Win\u003cbr\u003e USGA’\u003cbr\u003es First Tournaments and USA Golf’\u003cbr\u003es First Cinderella Story\u003cbr\u003e 132 Was the Winning 18 Hole Score\u003cbr\u003e The First Roar at the Masters\u003cbr\u003e Augusta National and Eisenhower Part I\u003cbr\u003e Augusta National and Eisenhower Part II\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eAnytime You Are Playing With Arnold That Happens”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eBe the Right Club . . . Be the Right Club Today!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Keeping Your Golf Balls From Getting Too Hot\u003cbr\u003e Golf and Nuptials\u003cbr\u003e Burning Tree Club: A Male Bastion\u003cbr\u003e He Walked to the Beat of a Different Drummer\u003cbr\u003e It Would Have Been A Great Story\u003cbr\u003e Sunday Golf\u003cbr\u003e A Blessed Final Round?\u003cbr\u003e Bobby Jones Goes Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e A Member of the USA’\u003cbr\u003es Atomic Team Aids President Eisenhower’\u003cbr\u003es Game\u003cbr\u003e The Golden Bear and Inverrary\u003cbr\u003e Two Former Prodigies Battle it Out in a Playoff\u003cbr\u003e Golf Plays a Huge Role in the First Gigantic Corporate Deal\u003cbr\u003e Ben Is Back\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Icicle\u003cbr\u003e A Bad Look for Bubba\u003cbr\u003e The Schenectady Putter: Born in a Bonfire\u003cbr\u003e A Sand Trap in a Department Store\u003cbr\u003e A Big Change for the United States Open\u003cbr\u003e Arnie the Pilot\u003cbr\u003e Under Unusual Circumstances, a Player Makes Quite a Debut in a U.S. Open\u003cbr\u003e Baseball Almost Loses Out to Augusta National\u003cbr\u003e Ben Who?\u003cbr\u003e He Scoffs at a Huge Fine by the Government\u003cbr\u003e It Looked Like an Ice Cream Scoop on a Stick\u003cbr\u003e Nixon’\u003cbr\u003es Golf\u003cbr\u003e White House Helicopter Goes Out of Bounds\u003cbr\u003e Overrated?\u003cbr\u003e A President Overdoses On Golf\u003cbr\u003e A President Plays an Enormous Amount of Golf Without Any Criticism\u003cbr\u003e A Golf Games Ends a Bitter Hollywood Feud\u003cbr\u003e The State of the Union\u003cbr\u003e Detroit Loses Its Golf Soul\u003cbr\u003e The Country Club at Brookline Could Have Missed Out\u003cbr\u003e The Nation’\u003cbr\u003es Top Sports Journalist Attempts to Qualify for the U.S. Open\u003cbr\u003e The Most Politically Significant Round of Golf Ever Played\u003cbr\u003e Gene Sarazen, Howard Hughes, and the Sand Wedge\u003cbr\u003e Bryson Had the Distance Twice\u003cbr\u003e A Former Champion Tries to Avoid the Heat but Ends Up Being Toast\u003cbr\u003e Walter Hagen Makes a Ground-Breaking Decision\u003cbr\u003e From a Hospital Bed in Santa Monica\u003cbr\u003e Two Trailblazers Need Assistance with Finding a Place to Play\u003cbr\u003e A Triumphant Comeback\u003cbr\u003e Michelle Gets Her Major\u003cbr\u003e Twelve Golfers Play It Off for Eleven Spots\u003cbr\u003e Two Sad Passings\u003cbr\u003e Walter Hagen’\u003cbr\u003es a Victim of a Crime\u003cbr\u003e A Marathon Stretch of Golf\u003cbr\u003e Golf and the Cold War-Part I\u003cbr\u003e Golf and the Cold War–\u003cbr\u003ePart Two\u003cbr\u003e Tiger Puts on a Staggering Spectacle and Nicklaus Bows Out\u003cbr\u003e Hollywood’\u003cbr\u003es Hustler\u003cbr\u003e More Hollywood’\u003cbr\u003es Hustler\u003cbr\u003e Even More Hollywood’\u003cbr\u003es Hustler\u003cbr\u003e A Bag-in-One\u003cbr\u003e Some Golf on the Silver Screen\u003cbr\u003e The President’\u003cbr\u003es Caddie\u003cbr\u003e John F. Kennedy: The Hit and Run Golfer\u003cbr\u003e One of the Game of Golf'\u003cbr\u003es Most Staunch Traditionalists Makes the Switch\u003cbr\u003e A Caddie Named Shirley\u003cbr\u003e Mighty Mo\u003cbr\u003e The USA’\u003cbr\u003es First Olympic Golfers\u003cbr\u003e Will Rogers'\u003cbr\u003es Disdain for Golf\u003cbr\u003e Sam Snead Takes a Couple of Swings at Wrigley Field\u003cbr\u003e A Former Artillery Officer Unleashes a Birdie Barrage\u003cbr\u003e A Record-Setting Final Round Comeback\u003cbr\u003e President Trump Honors Babe\u003cbr\u003e Friday the 13th\u003cbr\u003e An American Woman’\u003cbr\u003es Play With a British Royal and Stirs Up Golf Fashion\u003cbr\u003e Battle of the Sexes\u003cbr\u003e Ben and Terrible Tommy\u003cbr\u003e Highly Regarded CBS Golf Commentator Goes Out of Bounds\u003cbr\u003e Slow Play Results in a U.S. Senator Decking a Prominent D.C. 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