Curt Sampson
Book for an eventSteve Elkington has won the best and biggest tournaments in golf: the NCAA (twice with the University of Houston); the Tournament of Champions (twice); the Players Championship (again, twice); and the PGA Championship. In 1995 he won the Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average on the Tour, averaging 69.62 for the entire year.
Curt Sampson, himself a former club and touring professional, has written five other books, including Hogan and The Masters.
Books by Curt Sampson
The War by the Shore is a hypnotic and deeply entertaining retelling of that long weekend in South Carolina when golf lost its manners, emotions redlined, and character was revealed. No other golf tournament - and few events in the history of sport - have approached the incredible theater of the war by the shore.