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The Captain Myth - The Ryder Cup and Sport’s Great Leadership Delusion - cover

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The Captain Myth - The Ryder Cup and Sport’s Great Leadership Delusion

Richard Gillis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport

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Summary

The War on the Shore, the Battle of Brookline, the Miracle of Medinah:  the Ryder Cup is golf's – and arguably one of international sport's –  most intense, high-profile tournaments. Two teams tussle through 28  matches over three days for no prize money but enormous national pride.  And purportedly in charge of those two teams are the captains, whose  reputations are shaped forever by their players' results out on the  course. 
 
Justin Rose's unlikely 35-foot on the 17th green at  Medinah Country Club set up Europe's triumph – and one of modern sport's  most remarkable turnarounds – in the 2012 Ryder Cup. It also  established Davis Love II as 'a bad captain' and saw José María Olazábal  feted for a series of leadership masterstrokes. 
 
In reality,  neither captain had much to do with that putt being sunk. Yet the  pressure remains on the captains to lead their team to victory. As each  Cup passes, more theories are put forward about how to win. Some of  these combine traditional golfing nous with cutting-edge sports  psychology. Others are red herrings that have led captains down any  number of blind alleys. So what can a captain do to win the Ryder Cup? 
 
Using  exclusive interviews and saturation reporting, Gillis shows how  strategy has evolved since the very first match in 1927, exploring the  enduring and often surprising role played by some of the game's greatest  stars including Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tony  Jacklin, Seve Ballesteros and Paul Azinger. The Captain Myth uses  golf's greatest event to examine some fundamental questions about  leadership, teams and motivation.
Available since: 08/25/2017.
Print length: 272 pages.

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