The Education of a Golfer

He was born in the Virginia hills with a natural swing that seemed kissed by the gods, and yet the road from barefoot country boy to the most feared ball-striker in professional golf was paved with grit, hard lessons, and the kind of stubborn brilliance that no country club upbringing could manufacture. Sam Snead did not inherit a polished game. He built one, shot by agonizing shot, tournament by grinding tournament, and in this extraordinary memoir he opens the door to the workshop where l...