Book description
After winning six of the twelve majors played from 2000 to 2002, Tiger
Woods was struggling with his golf swing in 2003, leaving him out of the
running at the US open and the PGA. As a consequence, 2003 saw four
first-time major champions: Ben Curtis, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk and Shaun
Micheel. After their respective upsets, the four players have had little
success, however. Micheel and Curtis jumped from obscurity to stardom
and subsequently overplayed all over the world. Neither has won another
major, and Weir has only won one other major, in 2004. In Moment of
Glory, John Feinstein returns to this unlikely year and chronicles the
personal and professional struggles the four players have experienced
since then. With his great affection for the underdog and extraordinary
access, he gives readers an insider's look at how winning - and losing -
major championships changes players' lives. John Feinstein is the
author of a number of bestselling sports books. He is a regular
commentator on NPR and writes for the Washington Post Sunday Magazine
and Golf Magazine.
