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Author Feinstein, John, author.

Title The first major : inside the story of the 2016 Ryder Cup / John Feinstein.

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  796.352 FEI    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  796.332 FEINSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.352 FEINSTEIN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3526 FEINSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  796.352 FEINSTEIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition
Description 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October, 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the Cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes readers behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the dramatic stories as they unfolded: veteran Phil Mickelson's two-year roller-coaster as he upended the American preparation process and helped assemble a superb team; superstar Rory McIlroy becoming the clear-cut emotional leader of the European team, and his reasons for wanting to beat the US team so badly this time around; the raucous matches between McIlroy and American Patrick Reed - resulting in both incredible golf, and several moments that threatened to come to blows; the return of Tiger Woods not as a player but an assistant captain, and his obsession with helping the US win - which was never the case when he was playing. John Feinstein's classic bestseller, A Good Walk Spoiled, set the bar for golf books. Now Feinstein provides his unique take on the Ryder Cup, which has clearly become golf's most intense and emotional event...it's 'first Major.'.
Subject Ryder Cup (Golf tournament) (41st : 2016 : Chaska, Minn.)
Ryder Cup (Golf tournament) -- History.
Golf -- Tournaments -- Minnesota -- Chaska.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf.
SPORTS & RECREATION / History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Feinstein, John, author. First major New York : Doubleday, 2017 9780385541107 (DLC) 2017036666
ISBN 9780385541091 (hardcover)
0385541090 (hardcover)
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