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Sir Walter
Walter Hagen and the Invention of Professional Golf
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- By Tom Clavin
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- Published: 25th Apr 2007
- ISBN: 184513172X
- Pages: 384
- Size: 198mm x 129mm
From the Publisher:
Walter Hagen was to golf what Babe Ruth was to baseball: the first professional golfer to make his living from playing the game rather than teaching it, winner of eleven majors - a record surpassed only by Nicklaus and Woods - influential in founding the Ryder Cup, and the first golfer to top $1 million in career earnings - equivalent to a massive $40 million today. But where Ben Hogan was an impassive golf-machine, Hagen was a larger-than-life, witty man who travelled by limousine, loved to party, and sent a second limo for his fine clothes.
Now, Tom Clavin has written the definitive portrait of this flamboyant golfing legend.
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