Ron Rapoport was a sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times for more than twenty years and also wrote for the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, and the Associated Press. He served as the sports commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition for two decades and is the author of Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks and editor of The Lost Journalism of Ring Lardner (Nebraska, 2017), among other books. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
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Introduction Part I: Little Bob and Mr. Jones 1. East Lake Days 2. The Jewel of the South 3. The Keeper of the Flame 4. "Emotions Which Could Not Be Endured" 5. "By No Means Fit for the Honourable Company" 6. The Long Lane Turns 7. "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Are We Downhearted?" 8. "It Was Perfect and That Is All There Is to Say about It" 9. "Like a Hero Back from the War" 10. "He Belongs to Us All" 11. "You Can Never Know How I Envied You" 12. "Don't Kill the Star in the Prologue" Part II: The Grand Slam 13. Impregnable Quadrilaterals, Then and Now 14. "Your Boy Is Just Too Good" 15. The British Amateur: "They Ought to Burn Him at the Stake" 16. The British Open: Great Men of Hoylake 17. The U.S. Open: "The Lord Must Have Had His Arms Around Me" 18. Homecoming 19. The U.S. Amateur: "Into the Land of My Dreams" 20. Quitting the Memorable Scene Part III: The Best That Life Can Offer ... and the Worst 21. Hollywood, Augusta, and Beyond 22. "White as the Ku Klux Klan" 23. "I've Been Having Some Numbness in My Limbs" 24. "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?" Sources and Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
Introduction. PART I: Little Bob and Mr. Jones. 1. East Lake Days. 2. The Jewel of the South. 3. The Keeper of the Flame. 4. "Emotions Which Could Not Be Endured". 5. "By No Means Fit for the Honourable Company". 6. The Long Lane Turns. 7. "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Are We Downhearted?". 8. "It Was Perfect and That Is All There Is to Say about It". 9. "Like a Hero Back from the War". 10. "He Belongs to Us All". 11. "You Can Never Know How I Envied You". 12. "Don't Kill the Star in the Prologue". PART II: The Grand Slam. 13. Impregnable Quadrilaterals, Then and Now. 14. "Your Boy Is Just Too Good". 15. The British Amateur: "They Ought to Burn Him at the Stake". 16. The British Open: Great Men of Hoylake. 17. The U.S. Open: "The Lord Must Have Had His Arms Around Me". 18. Homecoming. 19. The U.S. Amateur: "Into the Land of My Dreams". 20. Quitting the Memorable Scene. PART III: The Best That Life Can Offer . . . and the Worst. 21. Hollywood, Augusta, and Beyond. 22. "White as
Introduction Part I: Little Bob and Mr. Jones 1. East Lake Days 2. The Jewel of the South 3. The Keeper of the Flame 4. "Emotions Which Could Not Be Endured" 5. "By No Means Fit for the Honourable Company" 6. The Long Lane Turns 7. "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Are We Downhearted?" 8. "It Was Perfect and That Is All There Is to Say about It" 9. "Like a Hero Back from the War" 10. "He Belongs to Us All" 11. "You Can Never Know How I Envied You" 12. "Don't Kill the Star in the Prologue" Part II: The Grand Slam 13. Impregnable Quadrilaterals, Then and Now 14. "Your Boy Is Just Too Good" 15. The British Amateur: "They Ought to Burn Him at the Stake" 16. The British Open: Great Men of Hoylake 17. The U.S. Open: "The Lord Must Have Had His Arms Around Me" 18. Homecoming 19. The U.S. Amateur: "Into the Land of My Dreams" 20. Quitting the Memorable Scene Part III: The Best That Life Can Offer ... and the Worst 21. Hollywood, Augusta, and Beyond 22. "White as the Ku Klux Klan" 23. "I've Been Having Some Numbness in My Limbs" 24. "Will Ye No' Come Back Again?" Sources and Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
Introduction. PART I: Little Bob and Mr. Jones. 1. East Lake Days. 2. The Jewel of the South. 3. The Keeper of the Flame. 4. "Emotions Which Could Not Be Endured". 5. "By No Means Fit for the Honourable Company". 6. The Long Lane Turns. 7. "My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Are We Downhearted?". 8. "It Was Perfect and That Is All There Is to Say about It". 9. "Like a Hero Back from the War". 10. "He Belongs to Us All". 11. "You Can Never Know How I Envied You". 12. "Don't Kill the Star in the Prologue". PART II: The Grand Slam. 13. Impregnable Quadrilaterals, Then and Now. 14. "Your Boy Is Just Too Good". 15. The British Amateur: "They Ought to Burn Him at the Stake". 16. The British Open: Great Men of Hoylake. 17. The U.S. Open: "The Lord Must Have Had His Arms Around Me". 18. Homecoming. 19. The U.S. Amateur: "Into the Land of My Dreams". 20. Quitting the Memorable Scene. PART III: The Best That Life Can Offer . . . and the Worst. 21. Hollywood, Augusta, and Beyond. 22. "White as
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