JACK GROUT A GOLFING LIFE: Pioneer Tour Pro & Teacher to Jack Nicklaus - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1935628186 ISBN 13: 9781935628187

Synopsis

For those interested in the early days of professional golf the story of Jack Grout and golf begins in 1915 and then takes them all the way forward to the 1980s and the making of today's modern golf tour. Along the way readers will be delighted with stories of Jack's relationships with golfing legends like Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus and many others. They get an inside look at Jack's life as a caddy, touring pro and teaching professional and as a man who played and taught the game as a true professional.

About this title

About the Author:

Dick Grout is a second-generation PGA golf professional who has followed closely in his famous father's footsteps. He is an accomplished player and teacher who specializes in the history and traditions of golf and has assisted a number of journalists in their writings about the extraordinary life of Jack Grout. Dick Grout lives in Sunset, SC

Bill Winter, a career newspaper reporter and editor who also served for sixteen years as president and executive director of the Reston, Virginia-based American Press Institute. Dr. Winter is based in southwest Florida.

About this edition

• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1935628186
• ISBN 13: 9781935628187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1