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18 Holes with Bing audiobook
- By: Nathaniel Crosby
- Narrator: Sean Pratt
- Category: Biography & Autobiography, Rich & Famous
- Length: 5 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: May 03, 2016
- Language: English
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18 Holes with Bing Audiobook Summary
In this love letter to his father, former professional golfer Nathaniel Crosby shares memories of Bing Crosby on the golf course, and the lessons he taught him about the game and about life. With a Foreword by Jack Nicklaus.
“Bing Crosby was a great ambassador for our game, as well as a great man,” hails longtime friend and golf partner, Jack Nicklaus. The beloved singer and star was also an extraordinary teacher who instilled an abiding passion and mastery of the game in his youngest son, Nathaniel. Winning the US Amateur at nineteen, Nathaniel went on to compete in high-level professional tournaments for his entire life.
In 18 Holes with Bing, Nathaniel introduces us to the Bing Crosby he and his family knew–not the beloved singer who played golf, but a golfer who sang to pay his country club dues. Nathaniel shares exclusive stories about this American icon golfing, working, and playing with some of the most famous people in history–royalty, titans of industry, stars of stage and screen, and champions of the green, including Bob Hope, Dwight Eisenhower, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Louis Armstrong. At the book’s heart is an intimate account of a father and a son–how a mutual love of golf formed an exceptional emotional bond.
Full of anecdotes, vignettes, and recollections of Bing’s time on the course, the tournaments he created and later sponsored, and the constant encouragement he showed his son, 18 Holes with Bing honors this celebrated golfer, entertainer, and father, and illuminates his life as never before.
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18 Holes with Bing Audiobook Narrator
Sean Pratt is the narrator of 18 Holes with Bing audiobook that was written by Nathaniel Crosby
Nathaniel Crosby won the United States Amateur Championship in 1981, is a former European Tour player, and was host of the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am for eight years. He played in three Masters, the United States Open, two British Opens, and on winning World Amateur and Walker Cup teams. He is the former president of Toney Penna Golf and grew two major golf manufacturing companies, Nicklaus Golf Equipment Company and Orlimar Golf, to substantial levels. He is currently the founder and president of AppleTree Management Group, the managing company of AppleTree Golf Society that is coordinating thirty private golf clubs into an ultra-affluent golf membership program. He lives in Jupiter, Florida with his wife, Sheila, and their six children.
About the Author(s) of 18 Holes with Bing
Nathaniel Crosby is the author of 18 Holes with Bing
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18 Holes with Bing Full Details
| Narrator | Sean Pratt |
| Length | 5 hours 13 minutes |
| Author | Nathaniel Crosby |
| Category | |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | May 03, 2016 |
| ISBN | 9780062470249 |
Subjects
The publisher of the 18 Holes with Bing is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Rich & Famous
Additional info
The publisher of the 18 Holes with Bing is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062470249.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
Goodreads Reviews
Buddy
December 27, 2016
This is a thoughtful biography of a man looking back at his famous dad. Bing figured out some important issues and did better with his second family.
Bruce
December 02, 2016
A son's perspective on a celebrity Dad is interesting, especially a dad so prominent and known worldwide. Nathaniel Crosby had a great life with his dad, which so many celebrity children seem to miss out on. Bing seems to have been a good dad to all of his children, at least to his second family, which means he must have learned from his mistakes on the way up. The most poignant time to me in the book was when Bob Hope watched Nathaniel on TV winning the National Amateur Championship as he sat alone in a clubhouse in Minnesota, and the club manager looked over at Bob with tears streaming down his cheeks. Bing had died, so he didn't get to see the success of his son on that day, but his best entertainment friend did and must have felt Bing's spirit and emotion. I didn't know much about Bing Crosby other than his music and association with golf; seeing him behind the scenes made Bing more real to me.
Judith
January 21, 2019
Given last year's publication of Gary Giddins' biography of Bing Crosby (Volume II of ?) this is worth reading in anticipation of Mr. Giddins' Bing Crosby biography dealing with his second marriage to Kathryn Grant Crosby and their three children one of whom is Nathaniel Crosby. (Note: no estimated publication target date has been released to date.) It's a relatively short read but worth tracking down. Nice pictures, none of which I have seen published to date. Remembering a couple of sensationalistic books written about Mr. Crosby in the late 1970s-early 1980s it is a relief to read it to obtain a balanced view of the world-famous singer-actor from one of his children.
Connie
May 26, 2016
FTC Disclosure: I received this book free from Goodreads hoping I would review it.
The Mad Zymurgist
September 12, 2019
A wonderful examination of the life of a wonderful man. There was some minor repititions between chapters, but overall an excellent fun read that made me wish I had kept with my attempt at a career in golf just so I might have had a chance to live the kind of life described here and had this kind of relationship with my father.Recommened
Pam
February 02, 2023
Bing Crosby’s lifeI was looking for a biography of Bing Crosby and hoping for a positive look at this talented man I found it in this great book. Thanks for sharing your dad with us. Pam k
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