The Major: 7 Days of Golf's Greatest Championship

By Scott Brown

The setting was Pebble Beach -- the greatest meeting of land and sea. The 2000 U.S. Open was slated to be the ultimate challenge for pros on the ultimate course, a decisive major tournament to begin a new decade and millennium. It began with speculation and honoring those champions of the past, and ended with predictions for an extraordinary future.The stage was set in so many ways...every player wanted to leave with that trophy. The tribute to Payne Stewart, the teary goodbye to the Golden Bear, the return of native son Bobby Clampett, the amazing views of the Pacific...the drama began before the first man teed off and grew exponentially until the champion raised the trophy on Sunday afternoon.Nobody knew what an incredible tournament it would become and what a record setting performance they would witness. Not since Old Tom Morris won the British Open in 1862, had a golfer dominated the field in such an incredible fashion at a major championship. As the crowd bowed to him as he walked up the final fairway, in front of the largest television audience in 15 years, Tiger Woods had captured everyone's imagination and planted himself firmly at the center of all that is sport. It was indeed the coronation of a true champion, one who was proclaiming the beginning of his era.The Pulitzer Prize-nominated staff of the Monterey Herald covered every step of the tournament's preparation and every step of Woods' stunning victory and captured it for you in this incredible photographic journey. A collector's item...The Major: 7 Day's of Golf's Greatest Championship is a must for those who are sure that will never want to forget the 2000 U.S. Open, one that has already been inducted to thelore of golf.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585360279
• ISBN13: 9781585360277
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Classic Golf Book

This book is a great illustration of the 2000 US Open at Pebble Beach. Brown describes all of the many story lines that made this tournament so compelling. Stories of Tiger Woods' domination, Jack Nicklaus' final US Open; memorials to Payne Stewart and many other story lines are captured by Brown's words and telling photos.

The Major

This book is a fantastic compelation of photos and articles onthe US Open. Scott Brown has done a great job weaving the stories ofTiger Woods' domination into the many other stories from Pebble Beach.The photos from the Payne Stewart Memorial and 21 Drive Salute arechilling.