A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour by John Feinstein
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In episode two of Sportspages, Simon Clancy speaks to the former Washington Post journalist turned author John Feinstein about his 1995 William Hill Sports Book of the Year and New York Times number one bestseller. For 15 months, Feinstein camped out on the PGA Tour following 17 players of varying abilities from Qualifying School to The Masters, the Ryder Cup and all points in between. This is the story of how that book came together.
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