The Majors

If you're not a hardcore golf fan -- really, not just into the sport but into its history -- this book is not for you. However, I'm a golf reporter and, from a writer's perspective, it was fascinating. Not necessarily the stories, but the decisions Feinstein made as a writer. The players he decided t......more

An informative and enjoyable book on the four major Golf tournaments played during 1998, and the drama accompanying winning and losing. Feinstein does not only focus on the sporting ability of the players but brings an intimacy to the book by bringing the personal lives of the players to readers' at......more

I thought this book was tremendous. John Feinstein writes about golf's elusive four majors: Masters, US open, British Open, and PGA Championship. He shows the great moments of winning one of these tournaments and also the great hardships of being defeated in one. He writes this book during the 1999......more

Not quite as good as A Good Walk Spoiled, but this book allows Feinstein to revisit some of those characters (Fred Couples, John Daly, et al.) while discussing new ones (Tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson, David Duval, et al.) in the context of the golf's four big tent-pole events. Roughly......more

For someone who enjoys golf's four major tournament broadcasts year to year but has never attended in person, this book got me inside the ropes. I enjoyed his treatment of various golfers on the leader-board, not just the ones who won the the trophies (and the cash) in 1998. I am old enough to remem......more