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Book Description
The odds of making two holes in one in a round of golf are 67 million to one. The average golf handicap has not improved in the past twenty years. Despite these figures, golf participation increased 1.6 percent to 25.8 million people in 2001 compared to 2000, and golf spending grew to more than $23 billion. PGA Tour television ratings are up 20 percent since 1996, more than any other sport. So what is it about the game that would make a man climb a tree to hit his third shot on a hole? (Bernhard Langer did exactly that in 2001.) The fourteenth Amazing But True Golf Facts Calendar describes those moments that make golf all worthwhile, like when four members of one family aced the very same hole. Or when David Toms made a 243-yard hole in one in the third round of the 2001 PGA Championship. But it really boils down to this explanation by Arnold Palmer: "What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive."
About the Author
Allan Zullo has authored or coauthored more than 70 books, including the popular Sports Hall of Shame series, which has sold over two million copies. He¿s also the creator and producer of Andrews McMeel Publishing¿s highly successful Amazing but True book series and calendar line. Chris Rodell is a golf freak who has written for national golf and general interest magazines and was staff writer for the National Enquirer. He is the author of AMP¿s Manly Golf: 50 Ways to Muscle Your Way to Victoryand the Amazing but True Golf Facts Page-a-Day calendars for 2003 and 2003. He coauthored AMP¿s When Bad Things Happen to Good Golfers with Allan Zullo and has been a regular contributor to Allan Zullo¿s books over the years.
Amazing But True Golf Facts 2004 Day-To-Day Calendar,Chris Rodell,Bruce Nash,Allan Zullo,Andrews McMeel Publishing,0740736388,Calendar,Calendars & Diaries,Golf - General,Non-Classifiable,Sports & Recreation / Golf
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