Golf List Mania!: The Most Authoritative and Opinionated Rankings of the Best and Worst of the Game

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Running Press, Apr 26, 2011 - Sports & Recreation - 288 pages
From Best Courses to Biggest Chokes, Most Underrated to Worst-Dressed Golfers, Golf List Mania! includes 120 lists that will inform and entertain. Includes contributions by personalities including Jack Nicklaus, David Feherty, and more, plus a Foreword by Jim Nantz. Why you'll enjoy this book:
5. Contributions from famous golf writers. You'll get the perspective from some of the best in the business.
4. Lists from the greats, including golf's "Big 3": Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player. It doesn't get much better than that.
3. A walk through golf history from Young and Old Tom Morris to Tiger Woods. You'll learn a thing or two along the way.
2. There are no right answers. The fun part of this book is the debates that they spark. I'm sure there will be lists when you go, "That guy is a complete idiot." Isn't that the essence of golf and sports?
1. The next best thing to playing golf is reading about golf. You also make fewer bogeys that way. My good friends, Ed and Len, have compiled more than 100 juicy and interesting lists that are sure to entertain. I hope you enjoy this unique look at the game we all love.
 

Contents

MOST EXCLUSIVE AMERICAN GOLF CLUBS
145
THE TEN BEST COURSES YOU CAN PLAY
148
FATHERS AND SONS
150
MY TEN FAVORITE GOTO GOLFERS
153
DAN JENKINS HIS OWN SELF
156
HOGANS GREATEST TRIUMPHS
159
GRIP IT AND SIP IT
160
DRINK AND BE MERRY
162

BEST US OPENS
26
DAVID FEHERTYS BEST LINES
29
YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE RULES
31
BEST BODIES
33
WORST BODIESBEST GOLFERS
35
CHARLES AND TIGER
37
FANTASY FOURSOMES
39
SHARK BITES
41
PHILS RUNNERUP BLUES
43
TOP LEFTIES
45
WORST WORDS IN GOLF
47
TOP TEN GOLF MOVIES
49
GREAT CADDYSHACK PICKUP LINES
51
TUNING IN TO BETTER GOLF ON TELEVISION
52
THEY HAVE STYLE
54
NINE MOST UNDERRATED GOLFERS
56
TEN MOST OVERRATED PLAYERS
58
BEST PLAYERS NEVER TO WIN A MAJOR
61
BEST PLAYERS TO WIN ONLY A SINGLE MAJOR
63
WANT TO BET?
66
MY ALLTIME FAVORITE GOLF COURSES
68
MY FIVE FAVORITE VICTORIES
70
RUNNERUP JACK
71
GOLFS GREATEST TRADITIONS
73
CLASS ACTS
76
EIGHT JERKS IS ENOUGH
80
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
82
THE SOUTH KOREAN WOMENS INVASION
84
SLOW PLAY
86
THE TOP ALLTIME AMATEURS
88
HOORAY FOR GOLF IN THE OLYMPICS
91
NO GOLD FOR GOLF
93
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF LEE TREVINO
95
UPS AND MOSTLY SPLASHDOWNS ON 17
97
BEST RYDER CUPS
100
BEST RYDER CUP PLAYERS
103
MY TOP TEN IN GOLF FICTION
106
GREATEST SHOTS OF ALL TIME
108
THE BEST NICKNAMES
111
PAR FOR A PRESIDENT
113
YOUR HONOR MR PRESIDENT
116
AROUND THE WORLD
119
BATS AND BALLS
121
JOHN DALY BY THE NUMBERS
122
NOTABLE ATHLETEGOLFERS
124
ENTERTAINING GOLFERS
126
INSPIRING PLAYERS
129
AUSSIE RULES
130
MEMORABLE MASTERS
133
STUFF YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE MASTERS
136
BEYOND THE GREEN JACKET
138
THE BAD AND THE UGLY
140
THE CASE FOR WOMEN JOINING AUGUSTA NATIONAL
143
LOSING IT
164
MY TEN COMMANDMENTS OF LIFE
167
THE PERFECT GOLFER
169
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PROS AND US
171
THE GREAT BOB JONES
173
THE BEST
175
BEST BALL STRIKERS
176
BEST SHORT GAMES
178
BEST PUTTERS
180
WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME
182
BEST BRITISH OPENS
184
BRITISH OPEN
187
GOLF CLICHÉS
191
THE TOP TEN MISUSED TERMS IN GOLF
193
FAVORITE MOMENTS
195
YO TEACH
197
SWEETEST SWINGS
199
SURPRISE MAJOR WINNERS
201
THE BIGGEST UPSETS
204
BIGGEST CHOKES
206
THE TEN GREATEST CHAMPIONS TOUR PLAYERS
210
THE GREATEST PGA CHAMPIONSHIPS
212
MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS
215
THINGS WE DETEST ABOUT GOLF
218
BEST ROUNDS
220
TIGER 2K
222
TIGER AND MARRIAGE
224
TIGER IN THE ROUGH
226
GOLF IS A SPORT
229
GOLF ISNT A SPORT
231
GOLF WOULD BE BETTER IF
233
TOP TEN REASONS WHY KIDS SHOULD PLAY GOLF
235
TOP PLAYERCADDY TEAMS
237
FLUFF STUFF
240
ANNIKA SORENSTAMS DOZEN GREATEST GOLF MOMENTS
243
MEMORABLE WOMENS MAJORS
246
BEST PRO TOURNAMENTS OTHER THAN THE MAJORS
249
NATIONWIDE ON THEIR SIDE
251
THE SOMETIMES HONORABLE PENALTY BOX
253
TOP TEN AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF
256
OY VEY CAN THEY PLAY
258
SO CLOSE YET SO FAR AWAY
260
THE ODDSHOLEINONE
263
THE ODDSDOUBLE EAGLE
264
SOUND WITH A LITTLE FURY
265
RÉSUMÉ GAPS
267
EDS FAVORITE MEMORIES
269
LENS FAVORITE MEMORIES
272
THE ALLTIME TOP TWENTY LPGA GOLFERS
275
TOP TWENTY MEN PLAYERS OF ALL TIME
279
Photography Credits
283
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Leonard Shapiro is a sportswriter for the Washington Post and past president of the Golf Writers Association of America. He lives outside Washington, D.C.

Ed Sherman was a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune for twenty-seven years, has a golf blog on Crain's Chicago Business, and hosts The Scorecard on WCSR-AM 670 in Chicago. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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