How did a nineteen-year-old kid like Goodman ever beat Bobby Jones?
“Long before Jack Fleck stunned Ben Hogan at Olympic, long before the Americans stunned the Soviet hockey team at the Lake Placid Olympics, Johnny Goodman fashioned his own remarkable upset over a famously formidable foe. Michael Blaine brings Johnny Goodman to three-dimensional life, resurrecting a wrongfully overlooked star with wit, wisdom, and rare insight. Like Goodman’s performance at Pebble Beach, The King of Swings is an epic triumph.” Jeremy Schaap, author of Cinderella Man “It will never happen again a golfing fairy tale that came true. Michael Blaine didn’t make up Johnny Goodman, but he captivatingly evokes the man and his times.” Bud Collins, Boston Globe columnist, NBC commentator, and author of My Life with the Pros “A great read. The King of Swings confirms that the peripheral figures in history often have the most compelling stories. Blaine provides the social context and the heart that is missing from most accounts of American golf’s formative years.” John Garrity, se
