{"product_id":"9781504027571","title":"The Story of American Golf: Its Champions and Championships, 1888-1975","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic history of golf in America from the sport’s poet laureate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Widely regarded as the definitive account of America’s love affair with the world’s greatest game, this magisterial volume is Herbert Warren Wind’s masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From John Reid, the expatriate Scotsman who imported a set of clubs and balls from St. Andrews in 1888 and built a three-hole course on a cow pasture in Yonkers, New York, to Alan Shepard’s six-iron shot on the surface of the moon, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of American Golf \u003c\/i\u003edocuments the iconic moments in the sport’s first century in the United States. Wind captures legendary players, including C. B. Macdonald, Bobby Jones, Byron Nelson, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus, in all their glory, and expertly analyzes the developments in style, equipment, and technique that created the modern game.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Encyclopedic in scope and intimate in detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of American Golf \u003c\/i\u003eis both a fitting tribute to the beautiful and fickle game that inspired a national obsession and a testament to Herbert Warren Wind’s incomparable talents as a journalist and historian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173121605872,"sku":"9781504027571","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504027571_p0.jpg?v=1769897906","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504027571","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}