Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan
Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan
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Slaying the Tiger
A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour

Author: Shane Ryan

Narrator: Sean Pratt

Unabridged: 13 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/15/2015

Synopsis

For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods. But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown. Once the domain of veterans, golf saw a youth revolution in 2014. In Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan introduces us to the volatile, colorful crop of heirs apparent who are storming the barricades of this traditionally old-fashioned sport.

As the golf writer for Bill Simmons's Grantland, Shane Ryan is the perfect herald for the sport's new age. In Slaying the Tiger, he embeds himself for a season on the PGA Tour, where he finds the game far removed from the genteel rhythms of yesteryear. Instead, he discovers a group of mercurial talents driven to greatness by their fear of failure and their relentless perfectionism. From Augusta to Scotland, with an irreverent and energetic voice, Ryan documents every transcendent moment, every press tent tirade, and every controversy that made the 2014 Tour one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.

About Shane Ryan

Shane Ryan has written about golf, college basketball, and baseball for ESPN The Magazine, Golf Digest, Deadspin, and Grantland. He also writes about music, film, and TV for Paste Magazine. He grew up in Saranac Lake, New York, went to school at Duke University, and now lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife, Emily.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John

Shane Ryan’s subtitle is accurate, but unfortunately, the rationale for the title is convoluted. Due to injuries, Tiger Woods did not really have a presence on the tour in 2014; and, if the tiger is not fighting back, he is not really slain. “Golf’s New Needle Movers” would be a more accurate title.......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan

This book appealed to me as potentially the next generation’s “A Good Walk Spoiled”. It follows some up-and-coming young stars in the PGA Tour for a year. Author Shane Ryan shared some interesting insights into the next generation, striving to fill the void left by Tiger Woods as the most dominant g......more

Goodreads review by Sara

I orginally picked up this book because 2 of my favorite players held 3 of the 4 majors and the Players' Championship in 2014. Overall, I enjoyed Mr. Ryan's analysis and opinions. However, someone should have checked his facts. He used the wrong name for Jose Maria Olazabal, and he missed Rory McIlr......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Honestly, I don't even like golf. I go to one tournament a year. It's a big one, but I can't think of what it's called. Anyway, I go, and I never have a golfer that I care about, but after reading this book, I do. It's a really good way to start caring about golf, and next year when I go that tourna......more

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