Golf Tales: Classic Stories from the Nineteenth Hole

Viking, 1991 - Fiction - 86 pages

Five golf tales by Ring Lardner, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Don Marquis, Stephen Leacock and Andrew Lang, that capture the agony and ecstasy of golf to a tee. Supported by twenty full-colour photographs.

Contents

• TEE TIME: 1
• THE RIVERCLIFF GOLF KILLINGS: 15
• TISH PLAYS THE GAME: 41

About the author

Arnold Daniel Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1929. From 1958 through 1964, he was a professional golfer. He won seven major titles: four Masters, one United States Open, and two British Opens. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the National Sports Award. As the president of Arnold Palmer Enterprises, he supervised the design and development of more than 300 new or remodeled golf courses worldwide, as well as golf clubs and clothing. He died of complications from heart problems on September 25, 2016 at the age of 87.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Golf Tales: Classic Stories from the Nineteenth Hole
• Photographs by: Myron Beck
• Contributor: Arnold Palmer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Viking, 1991
• ISBN: 067083629X, 9780670836291
• Length: 86 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction / Short Stories (single author); Fiction / Sports; Sports & Recreation / General