Alan Shipnuck

Bud, Sweat, And Tees (eBook, ePUB)

Hootie, Martha, and the Masters of the Universe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The incredible story of Rich Beem's life on tourincluding the raucous, rowdy side of life as a professional golferwith his caddie, Steve Duplantis, at his side. Rich Beem became an overnight folk hero with his victory at the 2002 PGA Championship, where he dazzled fans with fearless shotmaking and glib one-liners. By the time Beem had stared down Tiger Woods in an epic back nine and then danced a goofy jig on the final green, the sports world was clamoring to know, "Who is this guy, anyway?" That question is answered in Bud, Sweat, & Tees, Alan Shipnuck's no-holds-barred look at modern professional golf. Shipnuck began tracking Beem during his rookie year in 1999, when he was a logo-free rube only a couple of years removed from a seven-dollar-an-hour job hawking cell phones. Beem and his hard-living caddie, Steve Duplantis, would find sudden fame and fortune, and Shipnuck enjoyed unparalleled access in chronicling their wild ridesharing endless drives across the desert and eventful nights at strip clubs, cutthroat golf matches and late-night confessionals at assorted watering holes. The result is an intimate portrait of two exceedingly colorful characters. Beem and Duplantis invite us deep into the world of the PGA Tour, exposing the rowdy, randy reality of the most interesting subculture in sports, which has always been a well-protected secretuntil now. Sometimes bawdy, often hilarious, and always unpredictable, Bud, Sweat, & Tees stands as the finest insider sports book since Ball Four.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439128022
• Artikelnr.: 37892793

Autorenporträt

Alan Shipnuck is the author of ten books, including the bestsellers Phil; Bud, Sweat & Tees; and The Swinger (with Michael Bamberger). He wrote dozens of cover stories across 25 years at Sports Illustrated and has received thirteen first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America-breaking the record of Dan Jenkins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California, where is the head coach of Carmel High's varsity girls basketball team.