Calvin Peete - Golf''s Forgotten Star

Calvin Peete is the first-ever biography of an often-overlooked PGA star, one of the best Black golfers in history. His story is unprecedented in the world of golf: born to a family of migrant laborers, Peete dropped out of school, went to work picking crops, first swung a golf club at the age of 23—and rose to the top of the PGA.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Gordon Hobson is a retired attorney and first-time author from Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in a golfing family and has caddied in an LPGA event, a PGA Pro-Am, and for Bruce Fleisher when he won the 1968 U.S. Amateur.

Zusammenfassung

Calvin Peete is the first-ever biography of an often-overlooked PGA star, one of the best Black golfers in history. His story is unprecedented in the world of golf: born to a family of migrant laborers, Peete dropped out of school, went to work picking crops, first swung a golf club at the age of 23—and rose to the top of the PGA.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gordon Hobson
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781538186855
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-8685-5
• Seiten: 176
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Sonstige Sportarten; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Golf, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Golf, Biography: sport, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional, young adult inspirational