The Making of the Masters, David Owen
The Making of the Masters, David Owen
1 Rating(s)
List: $19.99 | Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

The Making of the Masters
Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament

Author: David Owen

Narrator: Kyle Tait

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/30/2019

Synopsis

The Masters. For any golf fan, the words evoke the immortal greats of the game and their quest for the most prized trophy of all—the green jacket of Augusta National Golf Club.

But behind the legendary links and timeless traditions is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood figures in the history of the Masters and Augusta National: Clifford Roberts, the club's chairman from its founding in 1931 until shortly before his death in 1977. Roberts's meticulous attention to detail, his firm authoritarian hand, and his refusal to settle—even for perfection—helped build the Masters into the tournament it is today, and Augusta National into every golfer's idea of heaven on earth.

About David Owen

David Owen has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1991. Before joining the New Yorker, he was a contributing editor at the Atlantic Monthly. Owen has also been a regular contributor to numerous other magazines, including Harper's and Esquire, and he is a contributing editor at Golf Digest. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning: And Other Adventures in American Enterprise and Sheetrock and Shellac: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Art and Science of Home Improvement. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, writer Ann Hodgman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt on March 15, 2023

Tough read but I do it for my city......more

Goodreads review by Alex Duke on April 04, 2023

straightforward, mostly no-frills history......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on April 26, 2022

The last book I ever had to read for school!! I guess no one ever really loves a book they are required to read. Maybe if I was a dedicated golf fan I would have found this more enjoyable. However, the book focuses on Clifford Roberts more than the Masters tournament itself, so I’m not sure.......more

Goodreads review by Jackson on April 18, 2010

This is a good book and perhaps deserves more than the two stars that I have given it. But as I look over the books to which I've given three stars, it just does not compare. All the elements of a good biography were present. But there was something missing from this story, some intangible that I co......more

Goodreads review by Hollis on April 01, 2012

I'm not a huge golf fan, but I had the good fortune of attending the 2011 Masters. Knowing little about professional golf other than that the Masters is its signature event, at least in the United States, I wanted to learn more. Readers will quickly appreciate how Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones he......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List