George Karl, with Curt Sampson. Harper, $26.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-236779-2
In his first book, Karl, a successful, well-traveled NBA head coach (most recently of the Sacramento Kings), writing with Sampson (The Masters), promises to settle old scores and get in the last word. Given his history of talking openly, this is a...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author . Pocket $26 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7434-4212-1
There are few public figures as mysterious as Eldrick "Tiger" Woods; his apparent mistrust of the media and painstakingly crafted image deny the public much insight into his true colors. Sampson (The Masters) takes a shot at not just...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author . Houghton Mifflin $22 (208p) ISBN 978-0-618-81248-6
In his 11th golf book, Sampson (Hogan and the Masters
) tells the story of golfing fathers and sons, although a daughter or two, most notably Michelle Wie, appear in the magazine profile–like chapters that make up the book. These stories,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author Atria Books $24 (251p) ISBN 978-0-7434-7002-5
No one remembers the silver medalist, the second-place finisher, the runner-up. And no one remembers the first loser of the 1968 Masters Tournament. Sampson, a former touring golf pro and author of seven books, including the bestseller The Masters,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author Taylor Publishing Company (TX) $19.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-87833-788-0
Sampson ( Texas Golf Legends ) makes a convincing case that 1960 was a watershed for the pro links game. It was the year when the aging Ben Hogan, almost literally on his last legs (he had been badly mangled in an auto crash), was barely hanging on...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author Doubleday Books $22.95 (254p) ISBN 978-0-385-47632-4
The Seattle basketball team joined the NBA in the expansion of 1967; it won a division championship in 1979 but otherwise had a string of mediocre seasons, scarcely living up to its name of Supersonics. The ``Super'' was dropped by 1992, when George
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author Villard Books $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-50278-1
The saving grace of this disappointing work comes near the end, when Sampson finally gets around to describing the last round of the British Open held at Scotland's Carnoustie links course in 1999. In one of the most stunning collapses in a major...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson. Diversion, $26.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-63576-682-0
In this stirring assessment of Tiger Woods, Sampson (The Masters) takes readers through the golfer’s life. Structured by significant moments in Woods’s career—the legendary 1997 Masters tournament; the 2009 PGA Championship loss to Y.E. Yang and...
READ FULL REVIEW
Curt Sampson, Author, Paul Milosevich, Illustrator, Paul Milosevich, Author Texas Tech University Press $24.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-89672-298-9
Fifty of the most famous and/or influential figures in the history of Lone Star State golf are rendered here in visual and verbal portraits. Sampson, a onetime golf pro and the author of The Eternal Summer , contributes brief anecdotal accounts,...
READ FULL REVIEW
