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Caddy for Life
John Feinstein. Little, Brown: 2004 (hardcover). ISBN: 0316777889. 320 pages.
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Renowned sportswriter John Feinstein is known not only for his encyclopedic command of his subject matter, but also for his ability to reveal the real people inside the mythology of athletics. making us feel his subjects' loves, hurts, and hopes as our own. In Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story, Feinstein has done it again. . .
On one fine afternoon in June of 2003, Olympia Fields saw an affirmation of the depth of the human spirit. Press room volunteer Steve Malchow said of that day: "All my years in the business, I've never seen reporters crying. They did it that day and I don't think one of them was ashamed to do it." Millions more sat at home watching with tears in their eyes as fifty-three year old Tom Watson and his best friend of thirty years, caddy Bruce Edwards, walked off the 18th green arm-in-arm with the lead after the first round of the U.S. Open.
This last moment in the spotlight for Bruce, one of the most respected caddies and human beings on the PGA tour is what most of us saw, but the real story is not this heartbreaking scene. The real story is the heart-warming story of friendship, love, loyalty, and optimism that was the life of this Dean of caddies. Although Bruce was diagnosed in January 2003 with ALS and given one to three years to live by the doctors, he finished his life with the same spirit for which he had always been celebrated on the PGA tour.
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