Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino . . . the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of an imaginary Twentieth-Century Golf Greats Invitational.The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, and fifty of the best are featured in this collection of portraits and interviews. Milosevich deftly illustrates each golfer with compelling head-and-shoulder portraits and action views. Sampson's brief vignettes of the ...
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Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino . . . the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of an imaginary Twentieth-Century Golf Greats Invitational.The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, and fifty of the best are featured in this collection of portraits and interviews. Milosevich deftly illustrates each golfer with compelling head-and-shoulder portraits and action views. Sampson's brief vignettes of the golfers capture the dramatic incidents and illuminating details that help make each person a legend on and off the links.BEN CRENSHAWNineteen eighty-six Buick Open, thirteenth hole, final round. Again Crenshaw is fighting to hold a one-shot lead, but he hits a wild four-iron second shot on this par five that stops against the trunk of a tree. He has no shot--or does he?"My only shot was with a nine iron, upside down--left handed" says Crenshaw. He hits the damnedest pressure shot anyone has ever seen: from forty yards and between trees, Crenshaw's left-handed hack stops four feet from the hole. He makes the birdie putt, of course, and wins the tournament. LEE TREVINOOn the first tee, a laughing Trevino held up a rubber snake he kept in his golf bag. The gallery laughed too, feeling the same release from the drama and tension of the moment that Trevino did. Nicklaus sat quietly, at the back of the tee on a spectator's chair while his mugging opponent dangled the toy reptile at the end of the club. Nicklaus joined in the merriment--he asked to see the fake snake, then flung it back to Trevino--but his smile seemed forced.Trevino won the playoff [with Nicklaus], sixty-eight to seventy-one, for his second US Open title. Three weeks later he won the Canadian Open and the week after that, the British Open. No one else has ever held these three national titles simultaneously.TOM KITEWhat would Kite hit? Surely he would play away from the water, with a two or three iron. Perhaps he would gamble and hit a three wood. He looked at his caddy, Mike Carrick. "What do you think about a driver?" he said. The color drained from Carrick's face.Wind billowed the legs of Kite's grey pants as he got set to hit. "It's a driver!" whispered the television announcer.He nailed it...."Best swing I made all day," said Kite to no one in particular as he walked off the tee.HARVEY PENICKDave Marr calls him "one of God's people." He is indeed a gentle man, this patriarch of Texas golf, but he is also humorous and sly. "'I'd like you to meet Mr. Ammanex," Penick says, as a confused-looking member introduces himself as Roane Puett. Ammanex? "Well, whenever I see you, you say, 'Am I next?"' explains Penick. HOW ARE YOU TODAY, MR. PENICK? asks another member, loudly compensating for the old gentleman's hearing loss. "I'm Mister Penick's son Harvey," he deadpans, not answering the question."BABE" ZAHARIAS"I remember playing in one of those first tournaments with Babe, and I was nervous," recalls Marilynn Smith. "So Babe put her arm around me on the first tee and said in a loud voice, I always like playing golf with you Smitty. You really bring out the crowds." The gallery laughed, of course. They were there to see the Babe. But the humor relieved Smith's tension and made her a Zaharias fan for life.When he's not out on the golf course trying to improve his five handicap, Paul Milosevich is in front of an easel sketching, drawing, or painting. A thirty-year retrospective of his work, Out of the Ordinary, was published in 1991 by Texas Tech University Press.Curt Sampson was "broke and disgusted" at the end of a four-year stint as a club and touring pro. So he traded in the trials and tribulations of a golf pro for the woes of a writer, thankful that he can stay close to the game he loves. He is a frequent contributor to national golf magazines and the author of The Eternal Summer.Each collector's edition is prefaced wi
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. T1-A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Paul Milosevich and Curt Sampson on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Portraits by Paul Milosevich, Foreword by Ben Crenshaw, Introduction by Tom Kite, Design by Jim Billingsley. 11.25"x8.75", 152 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino… the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of a Twentieth-Century Tournament of Dreams. The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, fifty of which inspired and Paul Milosevich's compelling charcoal portraits and Curt Sampson's almost photographic character studies. Together these illuminate what makes a golfer legendary on and off the links.
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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 0896722988. Signed by Paul Milosevich on front endpaper. Second printing. Hard cover published by Texas Tech Publishing in 1993. Green covers with gilt lettering on spine. Front cover is bowed some. Also includes a one page flyer about Milosevich. Book is in very good minus condition. Dust jacket has a red mark at top in front, has slight creasing along edges, and is in very good minus condition. 4to, 152 pages, 1.9 lb.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 152 pages; Signed by Author.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book This copy has been signed by golfer Jack Burke, PGA Player of the Year in 1956, and whose bio appears on pages 8-10 of this book. There is a calligraphic gift inscription which Burke did not write directly above his signature. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Front board is a bit bowed, and there's a small area of staining to the front pastedown (now covered by mylar over the jacket). Price-clipped jacket has a few short creases along edges, but no chips or tears. 152 pages. Second printing.
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Very Good. No Jacket. F1-A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Paul Milosevich and Curt Sampson on the half-title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, lightly bowed, some light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Portraits by Paul Milosevich, Foreword by Ben Crenshaw, Introduction by Tom Kite, Design by Jim Billingsley. 11.25"x8.75", 152 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Ben Crenshaw, Judy Rankin, Tom Kite, Fred Cobb, Harvey Penick, Babe Zaharias, Lee Trevino… the list of Texas golf legends reads like the leader board of a Twentieth-Century Tournament of Dreams. The Lone Star State has spawned more than its share of golf heroes, fifty of which inspired and Paul Milosevich's compelling charcoal portraits and Curt Sampson's almost photographic character studies. Together these illuminate what makes a golfer legendary on and off the links.
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Very Good. Texas Tech University Press, 1993. Hard cover, first edition. Signed by author Curt Sampson and illustrator Paul Milosevich on half-title page. Fine condition in near-Fine dust jacket; a lovely copy.
