When War Played Through

"Bestselling author John Strege pays tribute to the golfers who rallied for an Allied victory during World War II and shows how the Greatest Generation kept golf alive, despite equipment shortages, bombings, and even captivity. World War II transformed the American home front and golf was no exception. The world famous Masters course at Augusta National became a farm to ease food shortages, rubber rationing created a black market for new golf balls, and the U.S. Open was cancelled. Ben Hogan and Sam Snead were drafted, and Bobby Jones enlisted. When War Played Through brings to life little known aspects of an endlessly fascinating period in golf's history, including the story of how POW's in Germany constructed incamp golf courses and English golfers who devised rules for playing around bomb craters and shrapnel during the Blitz."