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Frost's "Greatest Game Ever Played" Wins USGA Book Award
April 8, 2003
Far Hills, N.J. - Mark Frost's book, "The Greatest Game Ever Played," has been named the recipient of the 2002 United States Golf Association International Book Award.
His book is the account of the historic 1913 U.S. Open that featured the great English champions Harry Vardon and Ted Ray and little known former caddie Francis Ouimet. At age 20, less than half the others' ages, Ouimet was working in a local sporting goods store at the time of his Open triumph in a playoff at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
Frost weaves the tale as equal parts sports biography, sweeping social history and emotional human drama.
"My hope and belief has always been that a modern audience would find the story of Francis Ouimet as inspiring as did the earlier generations he single-handedly brought to the sport of golf," said Frost. "Given his lifelong dedication to the game and the high standards of its governing body, I am particularly thrilled and honored to receive the USGA's Book of the Year Award."
Presented by the USGA museum and archives, the International Book Award is the top literary prize awarded by the USGA. Established in 1987, the Award recognizes outstanding contributions to golf literature and attempts to broaden public interest in the sport.
Frost is the author of novels "The List of 7," "The 6 Messiahs" and "Before I Wake." He received a Writer's Guild Award and an Emmy nomination for his work as executive story editor on the television series "Hill Street Blues" and was the co-creator and executive producer of the ABC television series "Twin Peaks."
He lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York.
For more information on the USGA International Book Award or to make a submission for consideration in 2003, contact Doug Stark, USGA librarian, at (908) 234-2300.
1987 - "Getting to the Dance Floor" by Al Barkow
1988 - No Award
1989 - "Golfing Art" by Phil Pilley
1990 - "Golf's Magnificent Challenge" by Robert Trent Jones Sr. with Larry Dennis
1991 - "The St. Andrew's Opens" by Bobby Burnet
1992 - "The Illustrated History of Women's Golf" by Rhonda Glenn
1993 - No Award
1994 - No Award
1995 - No Award
1996 - No Award
1997 - "Every Shot I Take" by Davis Love III
1998 - "Maybe It Should Have Been a Three-Iron" by Lawrence Donegan
1999 - "The Making of the Masters" by David Owen
2000 - "Sir Walter and Mr. Jones" by Stephen Lowe
2001 - "Discovering Donald Ross" by Bradley Klein
2002 - "The Greatest Game Ever Played" by Mark Frost
E-mail address: mediarelations@usga.org
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