Who Would Like This Book:
Mark Frost delivers a compelling blend of history, sports drama, and character study set against the backdrop of early 20th-century golf. His knack for diving into vivid period details and uncovering the personalities behind the legends - especially Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet - gives readers both a nail-biting competition and a crash course in how golf became what it is today. If you're a golfer, a fan of gripping true sports stories, or just love immersive biographies, you'll find this book hard to put down.
Who May Not Like This Book:
Some might find the book's level of detail overwhelming, especially if they're not familiar with golf. It occasionally wanders into tangents about golf history, terminology, and the minutiae of the sport, which might bog down readers looking for a faster-paced narrative. If you prefer concise storytelling without deep dives into backstory or technical explanations, this one might not be your cup of tea.
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The Greatest Game Ever Played by Mark Frost is a meticulously researched and vividly narrated account of the 1913 US Open, focusing on the legendary golfers Harry Vardon and Francis Ouimet. Frost skillfully intertwines sports history, biographical details, and personal anecdotes to bring to life the early days of golf and the captivating story of these two players leading up to their iconic match. The book is praised for its detailed descriptions, character development, and the seamless blend of sports details with personal stories, providing readers with a deep insight into the world of golf during that time.
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THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED is the story of Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon, who in pursuit of their passion for a game that captivated them as children, broke down rigid social barriers that made their sport accessible to everyone on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, positioning golf as one of the most widely played games in the world. Ouimet and Vardon were two men from different generations and vastly different corners of the world whose lives, unbeknownst to them at the time, bore remarkable similarities, setting them on parallel paths that led with a kind of fated inevitability to their epic battle at Brookline years in the future. This collision resulted in the Ã"big bang' that gave rise to the sport of golf as we know it today.
For Mark Frost, Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon represent everything that's right about sports in general and sportsmen in particular; gentlemen, champions, teachers, leaders, and each in their own quiet way, heroes. In THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED, Frost attempts to create penetrating studies of both of these men, along with over dozens of the game's seminal figures, within the dramatic framework offered by the tournament when they finally met, one of the most thrilling sports events in history, the 1913 U.S. Open.
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