Ray Billows - The Cinderella Kid: The unlikely and colorful story of a world-class amateur golfer

In 1935, just five years after the great Bob Jones won his Grand Slam and retired from...
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Author: Tom Buggy
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Language: English
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Ray Billows - The Cinderella Kid: The unlikely and colorful story of a world-class amateur golfer by Buggy, Tom

Ray Billows - The Cinderella Kid: The unlikely and colorful story of a world-class amateur golfer

€31,55

Ray Billows - The Cinderella Kid: The unlikely and colorful story of a world-class amateur golfer

€31,55
Author: Tom Buggy
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In 1935, just five years after the great Bob Jones won his Grand Slam and retired from competition, a 20-year-old amateur golfer in a struggling family left Racine, Wisconsin for a $17-a-week shipping clerk job in Poughkeepsie, New York. Ray Billows brought with him a self-taught golf game from the caddie ranks, a gritty determination, and wondrous dreams of competing and succeeding at the highest level of American amateur golf. He brought little else. He arrived at the prestigious Winged Foot Golf Club for the 1935 New York State Amateur Championship in a dilapidated $7 Model T Ford convertible that he intended to sleep in, and without enough money for a caddie. He left with his first significant title and a nickname - The Cinderella Kid - which captured what he was and what he had accomplished. All of Ray Billows' dreams came true, except for one that would haunt him throughout his life.This book tells his story, a story that is sprinkled with thrilling golf, wonderful success, cruel disappointment, personal highlights, humorous anecdotes with Bob Jones, the Duke of Windsor and Babe Ruth, and a reputation as one of the finest gentlemen in the game. The book also provides a glimpse into American amateur golf during the period from 1930 to 1950. It contains more than 40 photographs.



Author: Tom Buggy
Publisher: Tom Buggy
Published: 05/02/2022
Pages: 142
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781088032473

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