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Title: Getting Up & Down: My 60 Years in Golf by Ken Venturi, Michael Arkush ISBN: 1-57243-606-9 Publisher: Triumph Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE BEST GOLF BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Comment: What a book ! I cried and laughed many times while reading the life of Ken Venturi. His last chapter, says it all. WHY ME? Why did God bless me so much. All of the tragedies in his life led him to two wonderful wives and many years of educating us on golf, Mr. Hogan and life in general, while working at CBS. Mr. Venturi has my most deepest respect.
He shows there is a reason for everything, and all hardships have a silver lining at the end.
All things work together for the good for all who believe in God.
Thank you Ken Venturi for sharing your life with us.
Rating: 4
Summary: A prima donna, but an interesting golf life
Comment: Venturi is a bit of a prima donna - you can't be on TV for 35 years without a touch of that - but at the same time he has lived a very interesting life in golf, and come across some very interesting people. I forgive him his brushes against Palmer and Player: I have no doubt that those people, while projecting saintly public images, are extremely fierce competitors willing to work everything possible in their favor, and I thank this book for having the nerve to reveal that side to me. In a similar but more positive way, I came away with a much more well-rounded sense of people like Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.
Venturi's attitude about his own play and level is interesting: while he blames injury and circumstances for many losses and for not having achieved full potential, I think he minimizes the way many greats have overcome similar problems.
The main thing, though, is that I read this book because I sorely miss his voice - and attitude - on TV. He's been replaced by a generation of blabbermouths who, unlike Venturi, are unable to push their own considerable egos aside to comment on the sport itself. Johnny Miller is by far the worst offender, but they're all reasonably guilty. And if I see Peter Kostis "analyze" another errant swing I think I'll puke. I miss you, Mr. Venturi.
Rating: 1
Summary: Whine Whine
Comment: The whining drunk shows his true colors. Should have been off the air at least 10 years before they finally showed him the door. What a low-life ... if you're broke, it's your fault. And, if you lost the Masters vs. Arnie, it's because you didn't play well enough to win.
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Title: Caddy For Life : The Bruce Edwards Story by John Feinstein ISBN: 0316777889 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Afternoons With Mr. Hogan: A Boy, a Golf Legend, and the Lessons of a Lifetime by Jody Vasquez ISBN: 1592400515 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: I Call the Shots: Straight Talk About the Game of Golf Today by Johnny Miller, Guy Yocom ISBN: 1592400655 Publisher: Gotham Pub. Date: 06 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Ben Hogan: An American Life by James Dodson ISBN: 0385503121 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed by John Novosel, John Garrity ISBN: 0385509278 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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