"And Then Jack Said to Arnie...": A Collection of the Greatest True Golf Stories of All Time

by Don Wade

"Reading these books is like being in the locker room with the greatest players and storytellers in golf history. So sit back and enjoy it." -- Lee Trevino "Every golfer should come to the first tee with fourteen clubs, a dozen balls, a handful of tees, and at least one great golf story. Thanks to Don Wade's series of books, now we can have unlimited mulligans on our scorecards." -- Jim Nantz, CBS Sports I've been telling Don Wade my stories for all these years and I'm glad to see he's finally put them to good use." -- Sam Snead "All the great golf stories you've hoped to hear or read--and now you can." -- Dave Anderson New York Times "Whether you've just taken up the game of golf or played it all your life, you'll treasure this book and the stories it has to tell." -- Amy Alcott Don Wade, a senior editor at Golf Digest magazine, has been covering professional golf and collecting true stories about the game since the 1970s. He has written articles for such publications as the New York Times and the Boston Globe as well as books with Ken Venturi, Sam Snead, Amy Alcott, and Nancy Lopez. Illustrator Paul Szep is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and author of two collections of editorial cartoons.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Humor

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1991

Reviews

[Priscilla Kamphuis · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 / 5 🌟

In honor of the tradition unlike any other @themasters , even the bookstagram this week honored what has been dubbed “the greatest game ever played.” This weekend also marks my five year anniversary of watching golf at all (kudos to @kody.with.a.k for forcing me to watch The Masters in 2017 as a “rite of passage” in the depths of wedding planning). If you know me well, you know I love sports more than the typical human… golf just took a little longer for me to enjoy. 😉

This alphabetically-ordered book walks through “locker room stories” of some of golf’s greatest players, and provides an inside scoop into players, caddies, courses, the media, and of course, President Eisenhower himself. It also gave me a deeper appreciation for some of the sport’s greatest players, focusing on the prior generation of golf. Lots of chuckles, and a few heartbreaking stories. (I really want to read his newer books on this generation of golfers!)

“Golf is the most human game of them all. You have tremendous highs and the worst lows — sometimes in the same round. The game isn’t fair, but then life isn’t always fair either. You get your share of bad bounces and good luck in both. Maybe that’s why golf fans can relate so well to the pros. They can’t hit the ball as far or putt as well, but they’ve been through the same good times and bad times on the course.”

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[Ogden Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

My dad had all these books (it is a series of 7 books). He gave them to me a few years before he died. THe stories are entertaining, but the first one (this one) has the best stories.

[Jeff Arnold]

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[John Musnicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amusing golf stories

[Aaron Lozano · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a really fun book to read. I love to read insider type stories about athletes and sports. I can't help but wonder what a newer version would be like as the game has become more diversified. I started watching and playing golf because of Tiger Woods, this book was well before his time. Thanks Jake for throwing this in!

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a great book of golf stories containing anecdotes from and about all the legendary players and golf courses up to about 1991, can't wait to read the second book 'and then arnie said to chi chi'

[Dick Aichinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like golf, you'll like this collection of short stories. No great message, just enjoy.

[Mike Rowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you love golf and good stories, then you have to read this book. Fascinating look at golf's glory days from the insiders who are the stars of that day and age.

[Drew Danko · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read, especially if you are exercising on a treadmill.

[Kevin Disanto · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love golf stories like this.

[Dustin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick, but fun. There's a few stories in here worth remembering. You could consider this a concise oral history of golf up to the nineteen nineties.