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Amen: How Adam Scott Won the Us Masters and Broke the Curse of Augusta National

Autor Brent Read, Will Swanton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2014

The definitive story of how Adam Scott broke the biggest hex on Australian sport by winning the 2013 U.S. Masters

Featuring exclusive interviews with Adam Scott, Scott's father Phil, Greg Norman, and every prominent Australian golfer from British Open champions from Peter Thomson and Ian Baker-Finch to Masters runner-up Jack Newton, all of whom tried and failed at Augusta," "this" "is the definitive story of how Adam Scott broke the biggest hex on Australian sport. The most famous tournament of all, the U.S. Masters means aglobal TV audience of 150 million, a string of legendary winners and a curse for Australian golfers. From Jim Ferrier blowing a huge lead in 1950 to Greg Norman's litany of disasters over decades, the Masters constantly turned its back on any Australian who looked likely to get close to the holy grail. Then came Adam Scott. As a boy he'd cried while watching Greg Norman's implosions. He became world junior champion, andNorman's protege. Come 2013, Scottfound himselfin the thick of an impossibly dramatic Masters. Three Australians fought for the lead. Only Scott made it to a sudden-death playoff.Finally Scott had whatNorman never had: one putt to win the Masters."

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ISBN-13: 9781743318461
ISBN-10: 1743318464
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 137 x 208 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Allen & Unwin

Notă biografică

WILL SWANTON has been an award-winning sports writer for 15 years. He's written for The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers. He has received the Australian Sports Commission's award for the best contribution to the coverage of sport by an individual. He's been published by Australian Associated Press, Reuters, Agence-France Press, Wisden, The Guardian, International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post and The New York Times. His photographs have been published by Reuters and The Australian. He's twice featured in Best Australian Sports-Writing compilations and has travelled extensively to report on the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Australia's Test and World Cup cricket campaigns, Test and State of Origin rugby league, Bledisloe Cup rugby, all four major tennis championships and the Association of Surfing Professionals world championship tour. His other books are: Ian Thorpe: Early Days, Some Day, Murderball, The Mighty Mullygrubber Malone, A Better Life (with Craig Hamilton) and The Slams...BRENT READ is a sports writer for The Australian newspaper. He has covered golf both in Australia and overseas, as well as other major events such as the Olympic Games. This is his first book.