Download or read book Bobby Jones on Golf written by Bobby Jones and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A player who never turned pro but held one or more major titles every year of his 15-season competitive career, Bobby Jones was the most famous amateur golfer ever to play the game. In the 20 years since his death, America has witnessed an explosion of enthusiasm for golf. Now comes a reissue of Jones' classic instructional, out of print and unavailable for two decades. Line drawings.
Download or read book The Grand Slam written by Mark Frost and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Los Angeles Times bestseller takes a riveting look at the life and times of depression-era golf legend Bobby Jones. In the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. In four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British Open, the United States Open, and finally the United States Amateur Championship, an achievement so extraordinary that writers dubbed it the Grand Slam. No one has ever repeated it. Mark Frost uses a wealth of original research to provide an unprecedented intimate portrait of golf great Bobby Jones. In the tradition of The Greatest Game Ever Played, The Grand Slam blends social history with sports biography, captivating the imagination and engaging the reader. The Grand Slam is a biography not to be missed.
Download or read book Good Is the New Cool written by Afdhel Aziz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We are at a crossroads: either we can try to prop up the old, broken marketing model, or we can create a new model, one that is fit for the unique challenges of today.” —From Good Is the New Cool Marketing has an image problem. Media-savvy millennials, and their younger Gen Z counterparts, no longer trust advertising, and they demand increased social responsibility from their brands—while still insisting on cutting-edge products with on-trend design. As always, brands need to be cool—but now they need to be good, too. It’s a tall order, and with new technology empowering consumers to bypass advertisements altogether, it won’t be long before the old, advertising-based marketing model goes the way of the major label. If only there was a new model, one that allowed companies to address environmental, civic, and economic issues in a way that grew their brand and business, while giving back to society, and re-branding branding as a powerful force for good. Enter Good is The New Cool, a bold new manifesto from marketing experts Afdhel Aziz and Bobby Jones. In provocative, whip-smart, and streetwise style, they take aim at conventional marketing, posing the questions few have had the vision and courage to ask: If the system is broken, how can we fix it? Rather than sinking money into advertising, why not create a new model, in which great marketing optimizes life? With seven revolutionary new principles—from “Treat People as Citizens, Not Consumers,” to “Lead with the Cool”—and insights and interviews from a new generation of marketers, social entrepreneurs, and leaders of such brands as Zappos, Citibank, The Honest Company, as well as the culture creators working with artists like Lady Gaga, Pharrell, and Justin Bieber, this rule-breaking book is the new business model for the twenty-first century, and a call to action for anyone committed to building a better tomorrow. This visionary book won’t just change your business—it will change the world.
Download or read book Down the Fairway written by Bobby Jones and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Immortal Bobby written by Ron Rapoport and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2005-02-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaim for The Immortal Bobby "Just when you think there is nothing new to be said or written on the subject of Bob Jones, Ron Rapoport comes along and proves that theory completely untrue. The Immortal Bobby is wonderfully reported and superbly written." --John Feinstein, author of A Good Walk Spoiled and Caddy for Life "The story of Bobby Jones's singular life is one of the most fascinating in sports history. Ron Rapoport's thoughtful, graceful style is well suited to telling that story." --Bob Costas, broadcaster, NBC Sports and HBO Sports "Beyond the grainy newsreels and the confetti falling on Broadway and Peachtree Street, there was an essential Bobby Jones, and Ron Rapoport reveals him splendidly in a portrait as graceful as the man. There's more here than Grand Slam 1930--the jangling nerves and self-doubt, the towering modesty in response to fame, the complexity of an Atlanta patrician, a life richly lived." --Gary M. Pomerantz, author of Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn "The skills of writing and reporting that fans of Ron Rapoport, like me, have come to expect from him over the years--candor, thoughtfulness, insight, perspective, humor--are once again demonstrated and illuminated in The Immortal Bobby. It is an important book about an important sports figure that, typically for Rapoport, goes beyond the confines of sports and fits firmly in the context of our culture." --Ira Berkow, sports columnist and author of Red: A Biography of Red Smith "Here is Bobby Jones as you've never seen him, almost fearful in the fires of competition, and Ron Rapoport shows us how that man became a legend." --Dave Kindred, coauthor (with Tom Callahan) of Around the World in 18 Holes
Download or read book Golf is My Game written by Bobby Jones and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby Jones' story of his life in golf, with his advice on improving one's game. Instructions about striking the ball, handling clubs, swings, etc.
Download or read book The Greatest of Them All written by Martin Davis and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby Jones, arguably the greatest golfer who has ever lived, won 13 national titles, including the Grand Slam in 1930, and was the only golfer to have won the four majors in one year. This tribute to Jones features essays by Ben Crenshaw, Larry Dorman, Alistair Cook, and many others, plus over 250 photographs, many never before published.
Download or read book Sir Walter and Mr Jones written by Stephen R. Lowe and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2000 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginnings, 1888-1912 -- Going public, 1913-1916 -- War, metamorphosis, and megaphones, 1917-1919 -- Big debuts, bigger disappointments, 1920-1921 -- "Sweet revenge" and Calamity Jane, 1922-1923 -- "The greatest ever" and a return to Merion, 1924-1925 -- Passing the crowns, 1926-1927 -- The "Atlanta golf machine" and the "lion-tamer," 1928-1929 -- Completing the cycle," 1930 -- A has-been and a gentleman, 1931-1959.
Download or read book The Bobby Jones Story written by Oscar Bane Keeler and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bobby Jones Story: The Authorized Biography by O.B. Keeler is the most unprecedented publication about golf’s first international icon. This classic edition is back with a fresh look 50 years after its original printing to celebrate the centennial birthday of golf's greatest legend. No other writer had the access and inside knowledge of Jones’ life and game as Jones grew up down the road from Keeler, who was already entrenched as a reporter in Atlanta. Once he saw what Jones could do for the sport in his first shocking appearance in the U.S. Amateur tournament in 1916, Keeler knew this was a golfer destined to leave his mark on the sport. Over the next two decades, Keeler traveled more than 120,000 miles to cover Jones in 27 Majors. The two became more than working associates, they were close friends. When Jones went through an early dry spell of losing 10 straight major championships and questioned if he would ever win a Major, Keeler was there to assure the legend that nobody could beat him if he would only realize it. Keeler proved to be prophetic. At one point Jones won 13 of 21 Major championships including the famous 1930 season when he captured the “Impregnable Quadrilateral,” better known today as “The Grand Slam.” One month later, at the age of 28, Jones announced his retirement. Jones continued to steer the future of the sport as a golf course designer, golf club designer, teacher, and writer. But he will never be forgotten as the first world star in golf.
Download or read book The Boys Life of Bobby Jones written by Oscar Bane Keeler and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Proudly present America's most comprehensive collection of Bobby Jones golf literature. Bobby Jones' legacy remains in golf's history, as he was a proficient champion, co-designer of Augusta National Golf Course, and blessed with the ability to translate the mechanics of golf through his effective golf tips. Jones' constant companion during much of his illustrious career in the 1920s, O.B. Pop Keeler, wrote The Boys' Life of Bobby Jones after Bobby retired in 1930. Previous to this, the newspaperman had assisted Jones with his biography, Down the Fairway, published in 1927. Chronologically, however, that story slopped in 1926 after Jones had captured victories in both the U.S. Open and British Open. - For The Boys' Life of Bobby Jones, Keeler started from the beginning again and then took it up to Jones' retirement at the age of 28 after he had won the famous Grand Slam.
Download or read book Making the Masters written by David Barrett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world’s most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established itself in 1935. The key figure in the tournament’s creation and success was Bobby Jones, who was a living legend after winning the Grand Slam in 1930 and immediately retiring at the age of twenty-eight. He went on to found Augusta National and sought a high-profile tournament for his new course. But nearly as important was Clifford Roberts, a banker friend of Jones who not only embraced Jones’s vision but became his right-hand man in working to bring that vision to reality. Barrett explores how Jones and Roberts built the Masters from scratch, creating a golf institution embellished by the often surprising details of what that entailed as they were trying to establish a golf club and golf tournament in tough economic times. It also vividly chronicles the events of the 1934 and 1935 Masters, with Gene Sarazen’s spectacular victory in 1935 providing the climax. Set against the backdrop of golf, and America, in the 1930s, the book provides an informative and entertaining read for fans of the Masters and students of golf history.
Download or read book Bobby Jones and the Quest for the Grand Slam written by Catherine M. Lewis and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly updated version of the phenomally detailed examination of the legend's career and life is augmented with a brand new DVD with exclusive museum archival footage in a specially produced documentary.
Download or read book Secrets of the Master written by Bobby Jones and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unlocks the secrets of the golf swing. Taken from Jones' writings in the 1920s and 30s, this book gives every golfer timeless tips on how to improve their game -- driving, chipping, putting, mental aspects, match play, and much more.
Download or read book Golf s Golden Age written by Randon Matthew Newman Jerris and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2005 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complemented by dozens of vintage and archival photographs, an entertaining look at golf during its golden era celebrates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Bobby Jones's 1930 Grand Slam win and offers biographical sketches of such golfing greats as Walter Hagan, Chick Evans, Tommy Armour, and Walter Travis, among others.
Download or read book Bobby Jones written by Martin Davis and published by Broadway. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Bobby Jones brings to mind not only a legendary golfer but also a legendary era in the history of golf. Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. earned 23 tournament victories in a 13-k 13-year competitive period that ended in 1930 when he was just 28 years old. He was the only player ever to carry off the Grand Slam, winning all four majors in one year, and he co-designed the Augusta National course. Jones also set a standard for character and was so committed to fair play that he called penalties on himself, causing him to lose two major competitions. Bobby Jones combines some of the greatest voices in sports writing with photographs so dynamic you can almost hear the astonished crowds cheering Jones on. Close-ups demonstrating Jones's technique are also included. Printed in Italy in six colors, including two eight-page double gatefolds and approximately 150 photographs, this elegant oversize edition is a cornerstone volume for every golf lover's library.
Download or read book Touched by God written by Bobby Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a soul-lifting collection that resounds with joy, today's black gospel superstars tell how the Lord has changed their lives, shaped their music -- and led them to triumph over life's most incredible trials. Dr. Bobby Jones, host of Black Entertainment Television's Bobby Jones Gospel and Video Gospel, joins nineteen acclaimed gospel performers whose personal stories, like the healing, hopeful music they were called to sing, are celebrations of God's glory. Kirk Franklin reveals how it took the violent death of his close friend for God to reach out and touch him, and turn him from a gang-banger to a minister for Christ. John P. Kee affirms that God saved him from drugs and the fast-money lifestyle of the streets. Shirley Caesar remembers how she fell apart when her mother died, and how the Lord helped put the pieces of her life back together. Given only a few months to live by his doctors, blind minister and gospel star Rev. James Moore praises God for a different kind of prognosis that keeps him singing to this very day. Gospel matriarch Albertina Walker's testimony affirms her God-given stamina in a harsh world that has tried to knock her down more than once. Dottie Peoples describes an encounter with an angel that took her out of nightclubs and returned her to singing gospel music in church. As rousing as a gospel choir in full swing, these and other inspiring accounts of hope and transformation confirm the power of music and faith -- and will stir the hearts of those looking to strengthen their own ties with the Lord.
Download or read book How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time written by Tommy Armour and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy Armour's classic How to Play Your Best Golf All the time provides advice and instruction on a variety of subjects. Going step-by-step through many aspects of golf technique, from teeing off to putting, Armour gives timeless advice -- accompanied by over four dozen illustrations.
