{"product_id":"the-masters-golf-money-and-power-in-augusta-georgia-9780679457534","title":"The Masters: Golf  Money  and Power in Augusta  Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports  with black-market tickets selling for $10 000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends  while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. As it is the only major golf tournament to return to the same site year after year  much of the fascination is historical.  But as Curt Sampson  author of the bestselling Hogan  reveals in The Masters  a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum faade of this famous Augusta course. And that heart belongs to the man who killed himself on the grounds two decades ago. Club and tournament founder Clifford Roberts  a New York stockbroker  still seems to run the place from his grave. Roberts  an elusive and reclusive figure  pulled the strings that made the Masters the greatest golf tournament in the world. His story--including his relationships with presidents  power brokers  and every golf champion from Bobby Jones to Arnold Palmer to Jack Nicklaus--has never been told. Until now.  No mere recitation of birdies  bogeys  and tourna-ment winners  The Masters is the intricate tale of the interplay among the town  the tournament  and the club. It is an amazing slice of history  taking us inside the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower  Augustas most famous member. It is a look at how the new South coexists with the old South: the relationships between blacks and whites  between Southerners and North-erners  between rich and poor. It is a portrait of a tournament unlike any other as well as the town in which it lives and breathes--with such characters as James Brown  the Godfather of Soul; the great boxer Beau Jack; and Frank Stranahan  the playboy golfer and the only white pro ever banned from the tournament.  The Masters is a book that is certain to cause controversy yet will reinforce ones love for and dedication to the sports greatest event. It is just as certain that The Masters will be the golf book of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650408865845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679457534","price":247.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679457534.jpg?v=1781795827","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-masters-golf-money-and-power-in-augusta-georgia-9780679457534","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}