King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938 by Ducibella, Jim
King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938 by Ducibella, Jim

King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938

It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil...
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Author: Jim Ducibella
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Language: English
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King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938 by Ducibella, Jim

King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938

$77.51
King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938 by Ducibella, Jim

King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938

$77.51
Author: Jim Ducibella
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense. It erupted into a national news story, one never told in its entirety--until King of Clubs: The Great Golf Marathon of 1938. In September 1938, thirty-two-year-old J. Smith Ferebee agreed to play 600 holes of golf in eight cities, from Los Angeles to New York, over four consecutive days. The ordeal meant playing more than thirty-three rounds in just ninety-six hours. The stakes: Ferebee's friend and former business partner Fred Tuerk agreed that if Ferebee succeeded, he would pay on Ferebee's behalf a $20,000 mortgage on 296 acres of waterfront Virginia land. If Ferebee lost, he would surrender to Tuerk his ownership stake in the property. Brokers on LaSalle Street in Chicago piled up bets. Before long, the marathon was estimated to be worth $100,000, or well more than $1 million today. Playing despite a severe leg injury, Ferebee faced one obstacle after another, including a gambler's brazen sabotage attempt in Philadelphia. He started the morning rounds before dawn and ended the afternoon rounds in darkness, with lighting provided by spectators' cars, local fire departments, or flares. Remarkably, Ferebee never lost a ball. Combining the appeal of Seabiscuit and The Greatest Game Ever Played, King of Clubs will amaze and entertain readers from opening drive to final putt.



Author: Jim Ducibella
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 03/01/2012
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.55h x 6.07w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9781597978361

About the Author
Ducibella, Jim: - After twenty-nine years as a sportswriter, mostly with the Virginian-Pilot, Jim Ducibella was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in April 2010. During his career, Ducibella covered more than two hundred professional and amateur golf tournaments. Now a Web writer for the College of William & Mary, he provides columns for The Virginia Golfer magazine and is regularly featured in Boomer magazine. A contributor to Sports Illustrated, GolfWorld, Pro Football Weekly, and The Met Golfer, among others, he is the author of Par Excellence: A Celebration of Virginia Golf (2000). He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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