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Byron Nelson: The Story of Golf's Finest Gentleman and the Greatest Winning Streak in Hisory - Hardcover
Byron Nelson was the top player in the game for several years during and immediately after World War 2. In 1945 he won 18 tour events, 11 of them in a row. These records were never equalled on tour before and, as the years go by, look nearly impossible to equal in future. He then retired at the age of 34. But Nelson was much more than just a golfer. He was a pioneer in the golf business, helping develop both the golf shoes and umbrellas that we enjoy today, an astute club pro, a fine teacher, one of the first golf analysts on network television and the mentor of many, many young golf hopefuls, including Ken Venturi and Tom Watson. In words and pictures Byron Nelson, The Story of Golf's Finest Gentleman and the Greatest Winning Streak in History tells the incredible story of Byron Nelson. We are indeed fortunate to be able to enlist the aid of some of the finest players and writers on the golf scene today -- Ben Crenshaw, the two-time Masters winner and noted golf historian, Dave Anderson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, Tom Watson, the five-time British Open champion, Nick Seitz, the Editor-in-Chief of Golf Digest, Dan Jenkins, the witty long-time columnist for Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest, and Ken Venturi, CBS television golf analyst and 1964 US Open champion. In addition, statistician Sal Johnson of Golfweek magazine has compiled and brought up to date Byron's complete record. The majority of black and white photos in this book are 50 years old or older. Each was carefully selected out of a total of 6,000 viewed. To bring out their full dimension and richness, those we have selected were first colour separated and then printed in five colours on some of the finest paper available by one of the world's foremost printers.
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Review:
For a writer, formula can be dangerous. For a marketer, there's no harm in perpetuating what works. Martin Davis, a marketer par excellence in this niche, continues his run of golf tribute aces with a lovely appreciation of Lord Byron of the links. Like Davis's previous oversized homages to Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson is as big as a Tiger Woods drive and as thoughtful as Ben Crenshaw eyeing a putt. Crenshaw doesn't do any putting here, but he does contribute a companion forward to the astute, if friendly, essays by Dave Anderson, Tom Watson, Nick Seitz and Dan Jenkins. While the volume is large enough to accommodate the totality of Nelson's long, stellar career--a U.S. Open victory to accompany his pair of Masters and PGA titles--it zooms in strongly on his remarkable 1945 feat of 11 consecutive tournament victories, a standard matched only by Joe DiMaggio's 56- game hitting streak in its unapproachable majesty.
About the Author:
Martin Davis is a noted golf historian and author who has written or edited some twenty-five books on golf. He regularly appears on the Golf channel.
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- PublisherBroadway Books
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0767901517
- ISBN 13 9780767901512
- BindingHardcover
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