A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein

A Good Walk Spoiled by John Feinstein

A GOOD WALK SPOILED is John Feinstein's acclaimed behind-the-scenes account of an unusually turbulent year in the punishingly competitive world of the US professional golf circuit. Beginning with the tense American victory at the Belfry in the 1993 Ryder Cup, Feinstein gives close-up insights of the players' minds and privates lives - including superstars like Nick Faldo, Tom Watson and Greg Norman - and captures the nonstop pressures of a sport with virtually no off-season, the intense competition to stay on the 'money list' and the psychological dangers inherent in a game where your true opponent is yourself.

The golf book of the season..his dissection of the pressures of life where the cost oe one fluffed shot can be counted in tens of thousands of dollars will provide a salutary check to the dreams of a legion of club golfers. * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Feinstein is a brilliant reporter, a remorseless digger for information with a gift for establishing affinities with golfers reputedly reluctant to bare their souls ... There is an excellent profile of Tom Watson, which pumps blood into that enigmatic figure, and no better observation of Nick Faldo's obsession with the game has ever been written ... The professional golf circuit is now a manic, driven circus and Feinstein, without plunging into tabloid mire, has captured it in a sweeping canvas ... A stunning documentary on the modern professional game * Ian Wooldride in THE GUARDIAN *
Excellent. * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
A sparkling account... If you only read one sports book a year, this is the one. * THE ECONOMIST *
Worthy of a place in the front rank of sports books ... So thorough that you can almost see the golfer's spike marks on each page * THE TIMES *
Highly recommended * SUNDAY TIMES *
Feinstein gets right inside the mindset, capturing the insularity, the comradeship and the little barbs of bitterness. The catty relationship between the superstars of golf and the workaday professionals who make up the supporting cast on the tour provided splendid material ... A wonderful portrait of a professional sport and a swathe of American society * IRISH TIMES *

As well as writing bestselling books, John Feinstein writes for Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, Sporting News, Inside Sports and Tennis magazines. He also commentates regularly for National Public Radio's 'Morning Edition'.

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ISBN 13	9780751517248
ISBN 10	0751517240
Titel	A Good Walk Spoiled
Autor	John Feinstein
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Little, Brown Book Group
Erscheinungsjahr	1996-07-11
Seitenanzahl	496
Preise	Winner of William Hill Sports Book of the Year 1995
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