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567: In our previous episode, actor Malcolm McDowell talked about his favorite golf book ever, which so happens to be mine too. \u201cTHE MATCH: The Day The Game of Golf Changed Forever\u201d by Mark Frost was published in 2008, but is a great read of nonfiction and in today\u2019s 24 hour news cycle, an unbelievable story that was never told before this book. The audio book and book are both available at Amazon and here\u2019s the write up to the story:\xa0 \xa0

The year: 1956. Four decades have passed since Eddie Lowery came to fame as the ten-year-old caddie to U.S. Open Champion Francis Ouimet. Now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, Lowery has just made a bet with fellow millionaire George Coleman. Lowery claims that two of his employees, amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi, cannot be beaten in a best-ball match. Lowery challenges Coleman to bring any two golfers of his choice to the course at 10 a.m. the next day to settle the issue. Coleman accepts the challenge and shows up with his own power team: Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, the game's greatest living professionals, with fourteen major championships between them. In Mark Frost's peerless hands, complete with the recollections of all the participants, the story of this immortal foursome and the game they played that day--legendarily known in golf circles as the greatest private match ever played--comes to life with powerful, emotional impact and edge-of-your-seat suspense.\u201d \xa0

This interview was originally published in 2008. Happy Thanksgiving!