NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In Slaying the Tiger, one of today\'s boldest young sportswriters spends a season Inside the Ropes alongside the rising stars who are transforming the game of golf.
Here also is the bumptious Bubba Watson, a devout Christian known for his unsportsmanlike outbursts on the golf course
Keegan Bradley, a flinty New Englander who plays with a colossal chip on his shoulder; twenty-one-year-old Jordan Spieth, a preternaturally mature Texan carrying the hopes of the golf establishment; and Rickie Fowler, the humble Ca.
Here are indelibly drawn profiles of the game\'s young guns: Rory Mc Ilroy, the Northern Irish ace who stepped forward as the game\'s next superstar
Patrick Reed, a brash, boastful competitor with a warrior\'s mentality
Dustin Johnson, the brilliant natural talent whose private habits sabotage his potential; and Jason Day, a resilient Aussie whose hardscrabble beginnings make him the Tour\'s ultimate longshot.
From Augusta to Scotland, with an irreverent and energetic voice, Ryan documents every transcendent moment, every press tent tirade, and every controversy that made the 2014 Tour one of the most exciting and unpredictable in recent memory.
Instead, he discovers a group of mercurial talents driven to greatness by their fear of failure and their relentless perfectionism.
In Slaying the Tiger, he embeds himself for a season on the PGA Tour, where he finds the game far removed from the genteel rhythms of yesteryear.
As the golf writer for Bill Simmons\'s Grantland, Shane Ryan is the perfect herald for the sport\'s new age.
In Slaying the Tiger, Shane Ryan introduces us to the volatile, colorful crop of heirs apparent who are storming the barricades of this traditionally old-fashioned sport.
Once the domain of veterans, golf saw a youth revolution in 2014.
But as his star has fallen, a new, ambitious generation has stepped up to claim the crown.
For more than a decade, golf was dominated by one galvanizing figure: Eldrick "Tiger" Woods.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In Slaying the Tiger, one of today\'s boldest young sportswriters spends a season Inside the Ropes alongside the rising stars who are transforming the game of golf
