The Wit of Golf, Barry Johnston
The Wit of Golf, Barry Johnston
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The Wit of Golf
Humourous anecdotes from golf's best-loved personalities

Author: Barry Johnston

Narrator: Peter Alliss, Robert Powell, Tim Brooke-Taylor

Unabridged: 1 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/27/2010

Synopsis

A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf's best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game - birdies, bunkers and all!
Read hilarious stories covering everything from caddies to the clubhouse by the game's all-time great characters, including Peter Alliss, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam. Enjoy the humour of legendary players such as Seve Ballesteros, Tony Jacklin, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods, as they share the funny side of playing in the Open Championship and the Ryder Cup. Laugh-out-loud at celebrity golfers Bruce Forsyth and Michael Parkinson's rib-tickling anecdotes about pro-am tournaments and club golf.
THE WIT OF GOLF is a wonderful collection of jokes, stories and anecdotes, perfect for any golf fan.

(P)2010 Hodder & Stoughton

About Barry Johnston

Barry Johnston is an author, editor and producer. He appeared with the vocal group Design on more than 50 TV shows in the 1970s, including Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill. He presented the breakfast show on KLOA-AM in California and also a daily programme on BBC Radio Sussex. He now runs Barn Productions and produced the award-winning audiobooks Johnners at the Beeb and The Wit of Cricket. He is an editor and compiler for major publishers and also his own books including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Letters Home 1926-1945, and is the author of biographies of Kenneth Horne and of his father, Brian Johnston.

About Peter Alliss

Peter Alliss was born in 1931, the son of Percy Alliss, one of Britain's leading professional golfers in the 1920s and 30s. Peter himself turned professional in 1947, at the age of sixteen. During his pro career Peter won three British PGA championships, played in eight Ryder Cup teams, and ten teams representing England in the World Cup. He won 23 major tournaments in all.Peter Alliss is now universally known and loved for his golfing commentaries throughout the world, for the BBC in the UK and ABC in the US. For millions of people around the world, Peter Alliss is 'the Voice of Golf'. He was voted by Golf Digest as 'The Best Golf Commentator ... Ever.'

About Robert Powell

Robert Powell is the reader of SELECTIONS FROM ISAIAH (audio). He is a well-known film and TV actor who has appeared on the small screen in comedy alongside Jasper Carrot and on the big screen as none other than Jesus of Nazareth.

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