How I Played the Game: An Autobiography

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How I Played the Game: An Autobiography

Byron Nelson was one of golf's greatest legends. He was one of the finest golfers ever to pick up a putter, and the man who had the most magnificent year any golfer has ever hadâ€”1945, when he won an incredible eighteen PGA tournaments, including eleven in a row, and finished second in seven others.

How I Played the Game is the beautifully told tale, in his own words, of a man determined to be the best ever: his hardscrabble rural Texas upbringing and his near-death experience with typhoid fever; his early years as a caddie at Fort Worth's Glen Garden Country Club (where as a 15-year-old he beat another young caddie named Ben Hogan in the Caddie Championship); the lean years as an amateur and as a young pro during the Depression; and the golden years of the 1940s, when he invented the modern golf swing and forged the legend of "Lord Byron."

Even after his sudden retirement (the real reason for which is finally revealed here) his impact on the game never lessened. Besides his many years as an insightful TV golf commentator, he was mentor to several future golf champions, Ken Venturi and Tom Watson among them. And he continued to play top-caliber golf with the greats of the game, like Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer, and some who were less than greatâ€”President Eisenhower, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and a host of others.

Laced throughout with scores of priceless stories, anecdotes, opinions, and even golf tips, and with an in-depth, event-by-event recreation of his golden year, 1945, How I Played the Game is golf writing and remembrance of the highest orderâ€”irresistible reading for every golfer and fan.

Country	USA
Author	Byron Nelson
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781461626091
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Taylor Trade Publishing
Manufacturer	Taylor Trade Publishing
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2006-03-08
Publisher	Taylor Trade Publishing
ReleaseDate	2012-08-30
Studio	Taylor Trade Publishing

How I Played the Game: An Autobiography

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