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Shooting for Tiger: How Golf's Obsessed New Generation Is Transforming a Country Club Sport Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by William Echikson


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While many parents encourage their children to become the next Einstein or Yo-Yo Ma, some push their kids to become the next Tiger Woods. No longer does an elite, elderly set dominate golf. A new class of driven teenaged players is transforming the game, and a series of high-profile, professionally- run tournaments determine which of these teens have a shot at reaching the top levels.

In Shooting for Tiger, William Echikson takes us inside a spirited season of the American Junior Golf Association's elite tournaments. From the fairways, Echikson unveils a fascinating sub culture: kids who have foregone traditional childhoods, families determined to produce champions, and rigorous golf academies devoted to training the world's top prospects. Vividly told, Shooting for Tiger examines the real costs of professionalizing young players and offers an unforgettable portrait of athletic obsession.

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  • Title Shooting for Tiger: How Golf's Obsessed New Generation Is Transforming a Country Club Sport
  • Author William Echikson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 269
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York, NY
  • Date 2009-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781586485788 / 1586485784
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Golf - United States, Golf for children
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009002003
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.352

About the author

A former staff correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and BusinessWeek, William Echikson was the Dow Jones bureau chief in Brussels from 2001-2006. The author of three previous books, he has written for Gourmet, the Wine Spectator and the New Yorker. He is now Director of European Union communications for Google.
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