18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad Audiobook (Free) | AudioBooksLoft

18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad Audiobook (Free)

Summary:

With this love notice to his father, former professional golfer Nathaniel Crosby stocks thoughts of Bing Crosby over the golf course, and the lessons he taught him about the game and about life. Having a Foreword by Jack Nicklaus.

“Bing Crosby was a great ambassador for our game, as well as a great man,” hails longtime friend and golfing partner, Jack port Nicklaus. The favorite singer and superstar was also a fantastic instructor who instilled an abiding passion and mastery of the game in his youngest boy, about 18 Openings with Bing: Golfing, Life, and Lessons from Dad Nathaniel. Winning the US Beginner at nineteen, Nathaniel went on to contend in high-level professional competitions for his life time.

In 18 Openings with Bing, Nathaniel introduces us towards the Bing Crosby he and his family knew-not the beloved singer who played golf, but a golfer who sang to pay his nation club dues. Nathaniel stocks exclusive stories about this American icon golfing, working, and playing with a few of the most celebrities in history-royalty, titans of market, stars of stage and display screen, and champions from the green, including Bob Hope, Dwight Eisenhower, Ben Hogan, Jack port Nicklaus, and Louis Armstrong. On the book’s center is an close account of a father and a son-how a mutual love of golfing formed a fantastic emotional bond.

Full of anecdotes, vignettes, and recollections of Bing’s period on the course, the competitions he created and later sponsored, as well as the constant encouragement he showed his child, 18 Holes with Bing honors this celebrated golfer, entertainer, and dad, and illuminates his lifestyle as never before.