Bobby Jones--Stroke of Genius: The Movie and the Man

by David Sobel, Robert Tyre Jones (Foreword by), Rick Eldredge (Foreword by), Jim Van Eerden (Foreword by)

Overview

Before professional sports became the behemoth industry that it is today, the game of golf gave rise to one of the most gifted natural athletes the world has ever known. A man whose extraordinary talent and will to win earned him the Grand Slam of golf—a record he still holds to this day—and an universal recognition as one of the greatest sports figures in history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780945167549
Publisher:	British American Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	05/07/2004
Series:	Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks (British American Publishing)
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	10.78(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.61(d)

Table of Contents

Part 1	A Labor of Love
	The Legacy of Bobby Jones	8
	It's About Commitment	12
	A Story Behind the Story	15
	How It All Began	19
Part 2	Re-creating History
	Elation and Fear	37
	Jim Caviezel	40
	Claire Forlani	45
	Malcolm McDowell	48
	Brett Rice	55
	Connie Ray	56
	Devon Gearhart	58
	Thomas Lewis	63
	A Visual Concept	65
	Thread by Thread	67
	Music on the Wind	68
	What the Camera Feels	70
	Everything That Had Wheels	73
Part 3	A Kid from Dixie
	1902-1916	77
	Playing Golf: 1916-1930	91
	Grantland Rice	114
	Harry Vardon	117
	Walter Hagen	123
	Life After Golf: 1930-1971	129
	St. Andrews	135
	Augusta National	142
	The Masters	146
	Syringomyelia	148
	Giving Back	150
	A Miraculous Record	154
	Bobby Jones' Address at St. Andrews October, 1958	156
	Suggested Reading	160
	Acknowledgments	160