Lyle Slovick - Trials and Triumphs of Golfs Greatest Champions: A Legacy of Hope

Praise for Trials and Triumphs of Golf's Greatest Champions

Read Trials and Triumphs of Golfs Greatest Champions as it delves into much more than the surface history of these famous golfers, detailing the obstacles and struggles with which they all had to deal.Tom Watson, member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, winner of eight major championships

Trials and Triumphs is the perfect affirmation of what makes golf the greatest game of allovercoming odds and adversities to achieve greatness. As you will see, there is no other way!Jim Nantz, CBS Sports

Here we have a unique instruction book on golf. It doesnt try to cure the slice; instead, it provides an array of inspirational stories about some of the games heroes.Dan Jenkins, Golf Digest columnist, author of Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect

Anyone who appreciates the cosmic connection between golfs seen and unseen worlds understands that success is inextricably linked to the players abilityand determinationto overcome adversity in whatever form it comes. In this way, the game really is a lively microcosm of life, a human principle brilliantly reinforced in Lyle Slovicks outstanding new book.James Dodson, author of USGA Book Award winners Ben Hogan: An American Life and American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf

Lyle Slovick points out many of the hardships my father faced in trying to fulfill his dream. All he wanted to do was to play the game of golf on an equal field.Charles Sifford Jr., son of golfing great Charlie Sifford

Lyle Slovick has a fine sense of the human condition and in this book brings it to an ever-fascinating subjectthe will of an individual to overcome formidable roadblocks and succeed in a very difficult game. Well done!Al Barkow, former editor of Golf Magazine, author of USGA Book Award winner Gettin to the Dance Floor: An Oral History of American Golf

Why is golf one of our greatest games? Because it tests usour patience, persistence, and perseverancein ways we dont expect and often cant even imagine. In Trials and Triumphs of Golfs Greatest Champions, Lyle Slovick reminds us, through the soaring profiles of golfs most courageous fighters from Bobby Jones to Babe Didrikson Zaharias, that far more important than any golf lesson is the grit and greatness we find inside ourselves when we need it most.Don Van Natta Jr., ESPN investigative reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, and author of New York Times bestseller First Off the Tee and USGA Book Award winner Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Impressively researched, carefully documented, and clearly written, Lyle Slovicks Trials and Triumphs goes beyond tournament competition to examine the transcendent qualities of golf, offering a vivid, moving reminder of why the game matters so much to so many people. In an era when sports headlines draw our gaze downward to corruption, vice, or health risks, Slovicks book appeals to the better angels of our nature, sensitively and judiciously recounting the histories of such golf greats as Vardon, Jones, and Venturi, as well as those of lesser known heroes like Thomas McAuliffe. Poignant and uplifting, Trials and Triumphs is golf literature at its finest.Stephen Lowe, professor of history and author of USGA Book Award winner Sir Walter and Mr. Jones: Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, and the Rise of American Golf

Every person in this book loved golf for golfs sake, the freedom and purity of the game, and was driven by it. It shows so much of the human spirit and an insight into the personalities of each person that one has not seen before.Renee Powell, LPGA pioneer and member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Lyle Slovicks compassionate voice rings through the words of this book. The individuals featured demonstrate to the reader that even in the face of sickness, sadness, and cruelty there are the triumphant lessons of courage and perseverance. The connection may be about golf, but it is about life, too.Susan Wasser, assistant director and curator, United States Golf Association Museum

The title of this book is an understatement to the compelling stories of the great champions. Lyle Slovick has captured the incredible spirit and determination of those who strove with their last ounce of courage to leave an impact on the game of golf forever. After reading Trials and Triumphs, you will never again lament an errant shot or a missed putt, rather be grateful that you have ever walked a fairway. Golf truly is analogous to the journey of life and if you ever doubted this statement, you will no longer at the conclusion of this masterpiece.Jane Blalock, CEO of JBC Golf, Inc., winner of 27 LPGA titles

In Trials and Triumphs, Lyle captures the same dedication to and love of golf that Ive seen in so many of our nations post-9/11 wounded and injured veterans. One comes away from the book with a reminder that the spirit of the game is truly timeless.Jamie Winslow, co-founder/president, Salute Military Golf

Sometimes, the more familiar a subject, the more you appreciate an author who synthesizes what you know in a new way, with unbridled enthusiasm, mature judgment, and a clear message. Lyle Slovick does just this in Trials and Triumphsa meticulously researched, easy-to-read, truly inspiring tour de force of modern golf history.Steven Schlossman, professor of history, coauthor of Chasing Greatness: Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer, and the Miracle at Oakmont

Human beings are far from perfect and it is these imperfections laid bare that somehow make the lives of those featured all the more poignant. For they overcame difficulties that most of us will never face; they triumphed over cruelties that fate can enforce and they show us that life is for learning... and we can all learn.Angela Howe, director, British Golf Museum

The stories of these golfers, of their flaws as well as their virtues, offer lessons in perseverance, dignity, humility, faith, and of lives well lived. Well said, and well written Mr. Slovick!David Joy, golf historian, author of St Andrews & The Open Championship and The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris

Ken Venturi was the very first person to go public about his stuttering and has served as an inspiration for those who stutter for many years. Trials and Triumphs author Lyle Slovick does a brilliant job of highlighting why this remarkable man stands out as a beacon to so many.Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation

Trials and Triumphs of
Golf's Greatest Champions

A Legacy of Hope

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