Chasing the Dream: A Mid-Life Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit

by Harry Hurt III

The funny, moving, and fascinating true story of a determined reborn duffer's mid-life quest to make it on the PGA tour.In 1970, Harry Hurt III was the number one player on the Harvard freshman team. At the age of 43, after being away from the game for a quarter century, he decided to "chase the dream", and try to make it on the pro circuit. This book is the extraordinary memoir of an incomparable year on the links -- the unforgettable story of one man's search for a better game and a better life, and the glorious vision that took him further than anyone could have possibly dreamed.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction

279 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Harry Hurt III (born November 13, 1951)[1] is an American author and journalist. He was formerly senior editor of the Texas Monthly and a Newsweek correspondent, and his articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Esquire and Playboy. His books include Texas Rich, a biography of oil tycoon H. L. Hunt and family; and Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump (1993), an unauthorized biography of real estate mogul and 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

Hurt was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Margaret (Birting) Hurt and Harry Hurt Jr., who was president of Hurt Oil Company in Houston. He graduated from Choate School in 1969 and Harvard College in 1974, where he wrote for the Harvard Crimson. He worked for the Texas Monthly in Austin, serving as senior editor from 1975 to 1986. He later moved to Sag Harbor, New York, and married Alison Becker in 1993.He also had an early career in professional golf, which he revisited in the mid 1990s in writing Chasing the Dream: A Mid-life Quest for Fame and Fortune on the Pro Golf Circuit.

Reviews

[Chris Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining read about chasing the dreams of youth as a middle-aged wannabe. Harry does a great job of showing the tough side of Professional golf, using his own struggles as the backdrop.