Tales from Q School
Inside Golf's Fifth MajorFull Description
It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the final stop on the down escalator for fading stars. The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling competitions in any sport. Every fall, veterans and talented hopefuls sweat through six rounds of hell at Q school, as the tournament is universally known, to get a shot at the PGA Tour, vying for the 30 slots available. The grim reality: If you don't make it through Q school, you're not on the PGA tour. You're out. And those who make it to the sixday finals are the lucky ones: hundreds more players fail to get through the equally grueling first two stages of the event. John Feinstein tells the story of the players who compete for these coveted positions in the 2005 Q school as only he can. With arresting accounts from the players, established winners, rising stars, the defeated, and the endlessly hopeful, America's favorite sportswriter unearths the inside story behind the PGA Tour's brutal all-ornothing competition.
Critical Praise
"Feinstein is really thorough, going over the history of the Q School and he does a great job telling the individual stories. Although I am not finished, I highly recommend getting this book."
-fitnessforbettergolf.typepad.com
"John Feinstein maintains that the best of all golf stories come from Q School, and he's certain to go right on maintaining that up until he writes a book about the British Open. Actually, Feinstein makes a good case for his contention, and "Tales From Q School" is full of stories that will probably make most of the people who read the book grateful that they're not trying to make a living on the golf course.
-Onlyagame.org
"As a golf-playing conservative I'm prepared to say, in the spirit of bipartisanship, that TALES FROM Q SCHOOL is full of heart."
-Dan Quayle, former Vice President of the United States and a seven-handicap golfer
"The Tour's Q School makes for great drama because everyone at the tournament is playing for the realization of their dreams – membership on the PGA Tour. And it's the dreams and the dreamers that make Tales from Q School such an enthralling read."
-Golfblogger.com
"Feinstein is a facile writer with great access to his subjects. He delights in stories about people who knew why Greg Norman always says, "Golf is a four-letter word."
-Thejournalnews.com
"Tales From Q School," the often heartbreaking new book by popular and prolific sportswriter John Feinstein, chronicles the 2005 season of the PGA's annual series of qualifying tournaments. In one sense, it has nothing to do with Tiger Woods, because Woods never had to go through the experience. In another sense, it's all about Woods. Even though most of Feinstein's book hinges on heartache, some people do get their PGA card, so there are some upbeat endings."
-Accessatlanta.com
"Feinstein's story is not one of verdant courses and green jackets, but rather of those other "greens": the ones where the putts don't fall; the one that is fatal inexperience; the one that describes the sickly pallor of nausea; the one that speaks to envy. Some may prefer the next chapter in Tiger's tale. But to me this is an equally captivating yarn. And one to which I can more readily relate."
-Msnbc.msn.com
- Category:
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- Format:
- HARDCOVER BOOK
- Publish Date:
- 5/2/2007
- Price:
- $26.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316014304
- Pages:
- 352
- Size:
- 6" x 9-1/4"
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