A Feel for the Game: To Brookline and Back

New York: Doubleday, 2001. INSCRIBED & SIGNED with a black sharpie by Ben Crenshaw directly on the half title page. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($24.95). Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a remainder. 2001. First Printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. From the dust jacket: "With two Masters Championships, nineteen career PGA victories, three NCAA individual championships, and millions in earnings, Ben Crenshaw is without question one of the most successful golfers of the century. But Crenshaw's relationship to his sport goes beyond his individual performances. As captain of the 1999 Ryder Cup team, confronting the largest deficit in tournament history, Crenshaw believed in his players and was confident enough in his study of golf history to trust his feel for the game. In a hard-fought competition that kept viewers glued to their televisions, he brilliantly marshaled a team of diverse personalities and brought the Ryder Cup back to American soil. And he did it his way -- with grace, honor, dedication, and an encyclopedic knowledge of how the game should be played. A Feel for the Game is Crenshaw's warm and heartfelt ode to the traditions and spirit of golf through the prism of his own life. He describes his early years learning the game from the legend Harvey Penick, and takes readers through his career as an outstanding amateur to his glorious years on the PGA Tour. Who can forget Ben's tribute to Harvey throughout his inspirational 1995 Masters championship run? Crenshaw sees his success as an extension of his interest in the game's greatest players and teachers Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Jackie Burke, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Kite, Payne Stewart, and Tiger Woods. Every person that crosses Ben's path, and every golf course that he has had the pleasure to play or design, inspires him. Crenshaw's reminiscences, his fascinating glimpses into golf history, and his unparalleled understanding of the nuances of play make this a must-have book for every serious fan of the world's most popular pastime.". INSCRIBED & SIGNED by AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 221pp. + 32 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.