As an amatuer, he gets the opportunity to play in the U. He ends up playing with his idol as a child, Harry Vardon who was the king of golf during the time. I wanted to continue to read this book because of the way that Francis finds a way to play golf although his father is against him doing so. This book was very engaging and with a lot of detail which is the reason for me giving it 4 out of 5 stars.
The plot of this story is very engaging and always made me want to read more. An example of this is when Francis hit his first tee shot to start off the tournament. Francis is so nervous that he is hardly able to hold on to his club. After he hit a bad tee shot to start the tournament, Francis felt as if he had been slapped in the face. This great description of what he is going through provides me with a good picture of what he was feeling at the time.
The plot of the story is predictable at times, but is often very difficult to predict. It is difficult to predict what happens to Francis during his opening round since he starts very poorly, but regroups himself for the back nine and ends up with the best score of the opening round.
It is fairly easy to predict what Harry Vardon would shoot in his opening round, as he was the best player in the world. With the plot being difficult to predict, I was more engaged in wanting to know what would happen next.
Lastly, with the plot being very descriptive, it is often times very slow when getting to the point. This happens quite a bit during the story, with one of them being when Francis is playing in his final round.
The detail of some of his shots goes on for over a page which could lse the reader a little bit. It really showed how hard work and the love for what you do are great aspects to have in your life.
Throughout the story, Francis is defying odds as he plays in his amateur tournaments. He never doubts himself and is able to accomplish things that no other amateur has ever done when he was only 16 years old. Open, he became the first amateur to ever win a major championship, which still stands today. The belief that he had in himself and the unwillingness to give up are a big reason that he is known as one of the greatest amateurs to ever play.
He benefited from this attitude greatly as he used this throughout the rest of his life. I was always motivated by how Francis was handling his home life along with his life on the golf course.
I found myself rooting for Francis, especially in his final round. So, if you like golf and a true underdog story, you will enjoy this book. Nov 14, George Tolman rated it really liked it. In the book, Francis Ouimet is a teenager who loves the game of golf.
However, Francis wins the amateur tournament, and gets to play as a 20 year old verses all the pros from Europe in the US open. Despite everyone counting him out, he wins the title and becomes one of In the book, Francis Ouimet is a teenager who loves the game of golf. Despite everyone counting him out, he wins the title and becomes one of the biggest underdog upsets of all time. The theme of the story is seize your moment. What surprised me the most in the novel was how calm and clutch Francis stayed throughout the tournament.
He had a lot of pressure on him on the last day of the tournament when it was just him and the best golfer in the world left, Harry Vardon.
The whole country of america was counting on him as a 20 year old to win the title for america. Back in the day no american golf fan wanted some European golfer to show up and destroy all the Americans on their own soil.
This demonstrates how mentally tough Francis was because to witness someone nail almost a perfect shot in a key moment in a match but make a better shot yourself, is really being clutch. This book really taught me that if I can put my mind to something that I really want, and I work hard enough for it, it will come true.
This is what I think Francis carried with him throughout the US open. I thought The Greatest Game ever Played was a really good book. It had everything to keep a reader interested. I would recommend this book to any sports fan or someone who just loves an underdog story. Nov 22, R. Allain rated it it was amazing. Anyone with a cursory grasp of golf is familiar with its traditional headwinds - a stubborn slice, "yips" on the greens, a balky chipping short game.
But with diligence and a bit of instruction, these glitches often recede. But other challenges, less amenable to effort, also exist. And with Francis Ouimet, the central focus of Mark Frost's compelling book, mastering the technical aspects of golf was doable. But other obstacles, daunting ones, surfaced when he was still a gangly Anyone with a cursory grasp of golf is familiar with its traditional headwinds - a stubborn slice, "yips" on the greens, a balky chipping short game.
But other obstacles, daunting ones, surfaced when he was still a gangly lad. Growing up across from The Country Club in Brookline, for example, might have seemed auspicious. But such clubs are hardly accessible to families like Ouimet's, families grinding to survive. Yet ever resourceful, Francis caddied, hawked golf balls and even, with his brother's help, built a rudimentary two-hole course which they barraged with golf shots. But even aside from golf's inherent upscale traditions, Young Francis faced another obstacle - his father, a tough, French working class man, despised the game.
And he was blunt with his golf-smitten son: Don't waste your time with golf! But as history, ably chronicled here by the author demonstrated, when concerning golf, Francis Ouimet's abiding dedication and prowess, refused to be stifled. At a time when golfing greatness was linked largely to the United Kingdom, this upstart American, famously but just barely aided by his steadfast caddy, Eddie, forged golfing history.
And in driving rain with equipment we'd now chuckle at. Read all about Ouimet's unlikely odyssey to golfing immortality. Hey, naybe golf truly is "the greatest game. Jan 07, John Jenkins rated it really liked it Shelves: sports-non-fiction. This is a compelling book on many levels: The treatment of sportsmanship: Mr. Lord Northcliffe is portrayed as somewhat of a villain, but he seems to deserve it and the author does not overdo it.
The dialogue: It appears to be well researched and realistic, and it complements the descriptions of what is happening to insure a plot that flows smo This is a compelling book on many levels: The treatment of sportsmanship: Mr. The dialogue: It appears to be well researched and realistic, and it complements the descriptions of what is happening to insure a plot that flows smoothly. Poignancy: Even though the reader probably knows who will win the U. Open and suspects that there will be some reconciliation between Francis and his father, the narrative is developed in ways that make both climactic events very moving.
Frost justifies his ambitious title by putting this event in its proper historical context by developing political, social, and sporting trends; so it is somewhat disappointing that the editing of this book is weak.
There are several errors, such as the one that jumps out on pages 55 and On these pages, it is stated that both the mashie and the mashie niblick are the equivalent of the modern five-iron. Of course, as a golf historian, Mr. Frost knows that the mashie niblick is the equivalent of today's seven-iron. Edit Delete His style bought me into the moment and I was able to easily visualize the shots he was describing and the particular holes at The Country Club.
My favourite part of the book though was learning about the back story of Francis and Harry. I was blown away to learn about how Harry Vardon was sold into servitude my his parents as a teenager, and how he overcame tuberculosis in the middle of his career. A rate 5-star book on golf according to my opinion. Sep 13, Elizabeth rated it it was amazing. What an unassuming, humble book. Much like the person this story was about. I think there exists in every readers life a number of books that took them by surprise, and they ended up loving thoroughly.
This book was sort of all three for me. I watched the movie this was based off, it was a staple in my house growing up, with a golf loving older b Wow. I watched the movie this was based off, it was a staple in my house growing up, with a golf loving older brother and me loving just about any movie that was set in the past.
I wasn't expecting this story to have so much heart in it, to be so thoroughly researched, or to my surprise- not entirely about golf. There was so much rich history about the world right on the cusp of World War 1, the players and their personal lives, how golf gave them the self discipline they needed in their adulthood, how no one ever truly forgot that momentous occasion when a caddy of humble beginnings beat the two greatest athletes in the world, and at the most important game in the world at the time, and shaped the way golf would be played from that moment on.
Everyone loves an underdog story, this is one of the greatest in my opinion. Golf is a game I like to play in a knock balls around way , and not watch or read. Golf, when you are actually holding the club in your hand, is boring. Listening to golfing stories is a kind of torture. Yet somehow this book managed to avoid being tedious, even as it could run deep into the minutia of a particular hole. The Greatest Game is a book which attempts to expose you to a world of new possibilities and thrives by posting esoteric questions.
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