Ralph Guldahl - by Kevin Kenny (Paperback)

About the Book

Set against the background of the Great Depression, this book presents the life of Ralph Guldahl, who for a brief period in the 1930s was widely recognized as the best golfer in the world. From 1936 to 1940, he won two successive U.S. Opens, one Masters title and three successive Western Opens, held the best scoring average award and was a Ryder Cup player with a 100 percent record. After this memorable run, he "lost his game" and almost disappeared from view. This biography is the first to trace the rise and decline of his career and answer the question: "What happened to Ralph Guldahl?"

Book Synopsis

Set against the background of the Great Depression, this book presents the life of Ralph Guldahl, who for a brief period in the 1930s was widely recognized as the best golfer in the world. From 1936 to 1940, he won two successive U.S. Opens, one Masters title and three successive Western Opens, held the best scoring average award and was a Ryder Cup player with a 100 percent record. After this memorable run, he "lost his game" and almost disappeared from view. This biography is the first to trace the rise and decline of his career and answer the question: "What happened to Ralph Guldahl?"

Review Quotes

"Ralph Guldahl's rapid rise and fall has been a curiosity of golf historians for a long time. Kevin Kenny's richly documented story of the hardscrabble days of professional golf during the Depression and pre-World War II, when the tour was filled with immense talent, confirms Ralph Guldahl beat them all for a short while."-Ben Crenshaw, two-time Masters champion and Ryder Cup player and captain

About the Author

Kevin Kenny is a retired university lecturer who lives in Dublin Ireland.