With the Masters wrapping up today, I decided that it would be nice to read John Feinstein's book "A Good Walk Spoiled".
The format of the book is similar to another Feinstein book that I have read, "A March to Madness". In "A March to Madness", it chronicles a season in one of the toughest conferences in college basketball, the Atlantic Coast Conference, during the 1997-98 season. The chapters switch from each of the nine coaches in the league and their pursuit to get into the NCAA Tournament at the end of the year for a chance to paly for the National Championship.
In "A Good Walk Spoiled", Feinstein follows a selcet group of golfers and brings some insight into what life is really like on the PGA tour. Some of the players are established and have won majr titles, while others are struggling to make a living on the tour and trying do well in Qualifying school. Q school is a grueling six day event in which golfers compete to win a spot on the tour for the rest of the year. To earn a spot on the tour, a golfer has to either finish in the top 125 of the money ist, win a tournament (2 year exemption), or win one of the four major tournamets (10 year exemption), the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, or PGA Championship.
The book begins talking about the Ryder Cup, an event between the U.S. and Europe every two years. hile golf is an individual sport, the Ryder Cup team is made up of a team of 12 players who competein pairs or one-on-one matchups against the other team. This book is interesting because it is before Tiger Woods started his dominance and golf became more popular. I don't know some of the players so I won't know the outcome of the tournaments like I do in other sports boos that I have read.
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