Tales From Q School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major

Written by:
John Feinstein
Narrated by:
John Feinstein

Abridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
9
Narrator
Release Date
May 2007
Duration
6 hours 0 minutes
Summary
From the author of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee and A Good Walk Spoiled, this "must-read" national bestseller takes you inside the dramatic world of the highest-pressure golf tournament in the world (Tampa Tribune).  

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 six-day 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-or-nothing competition.
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Anonymous

Very interesting insight into Pro golf. Feinstein is interested in people...clearly a good listener and inquisitive. I definitely recommend if you like golf.

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Anonymous

A good book, but there were so many heartbreaking stories that prove that golf is the cruelest sport ever.

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Bob Stewart

You have to be a serious golf fan to make it through this book. Part of the problem is that it's read by the author and John Feinstein just isn't much fun to listen to. If you're a fan of the sport you'll enjoy a lot of familiar names grinding it out in Q School. Some good stories, but largely forgettable stuff. This is probably the first book I've audioed that I was glad was abridged...much longer and I might not have stayed with it.

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