{"product_id":"men-in-green-book-michael-bamberger-9781476743837","title":"Men in Green","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Maybe the best golf book I've ever read.\" --Bill Reynolds, \u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller from acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e writer Michael Bamberger--a warm, nostalgic, and intimately reported account of golf's greatest generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With \"exceptional insight into some of America's greatest players over the last half-century\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMen in Green\u003c\/i\u003e is to golf what Roger Kahn's \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Michael Bamberger, who has covered the game for twenty years at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Was golf better back in the day? \u003ci\u003eMen in Green\u003c\/i\u003e 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\" (\u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49544268316945,"sku":"GOR007946203","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50030662975761,"sku":"CIN1476743835VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50291392250129,"sku":"CIN1476743835G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50385644126481,"sku":"CIN1476743835A","price":4.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50943659835665,"sku":"GOR012612396","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51028380647697,"sku":"NIN9781476743837","price":18.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476743835.jpg?v=1750923607","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/men-in-green-book-michael-bamberger-9781476743837","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}