(Photo: Book cover,
Tales from Q-School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major
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Tom Fudge:
The U.S. Open, which takes place next year at Torrey Pines in San Diego, is one of the world's great venues for the elite players in the game of golf. But how do you become a top PGA player? For most pro golfers, it requires graduation from Q-School. If this sounds like a college, it's not. It's a competition where professional golfers vie for the sport's approval to enter big-money tournaments.
Writer John Feinstein is well-known to public radio listeners as a sports commentator. He is often heard on Saturday Weekend Edition , hosted by Scott Simon. John is the author of several books about the game of golf, including A Good Walk Spoiled . He now joins me from the location of this year's U.S. Open, Pittsburgh, PA, to talk about his new book, which is called Tales from Q-School: Inside Golf's Fifth Major.
Guest
- John Feinstein , sportswriter and a commentator for National Public Radio . He joins us from Pittsburgh where he awaits the start of the U.S. Open.
