Classic Golf Clangers

Description

In all sporting contests, success and inspiration compete with failure and loss of nerve and golf is a more public showcase for human fallibility and eccentricity than many other sports. For every Paul McGinley or Larry Mize snatching unexpected victory there is somebody whose overconfidence or moment of self-doubt leaves the spectator burying his head in the nearest bunker. From Victorian times to the twenty-first century, Classic Golf Clangers takes a look at some of the moments their perpetrators would rather forget - whether it's Scotland's Bobby Cruickshank knocking himself out at the 1934 US Open or Jean van der Velde going for a paddle at Carnoustie - you're sure to find some of your favourite golfing gaffes in the pages of this book. Hale Irwin, Doug Sanders, Sam Snead and the Great White Shark all make an appearance for their contribution to at least one toe-curling moment. This book will appeal to golf lovers - or lovers of any sport - irrespective of age or ability, as a reminder of how human we are, and how easy it is to slice into the deepest rough from the broadest of fairways.

David Mortimer's inability to hit the green - whether trying to stay under three figures at St Andrews or Gleneagles, Gatehouse of Fleet or Boat of Garten - has honed an instinct for spotting the moment when it all goes horribly wrong. His other titles published by Robson Books are Classic Cricket Clangers (ISBN 1861056133), Classic Rugby Clangers (1861056125) and the new book Classic Football Clangers (186105744X).