Description: Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated, Monarch of the Green is a stirring and evocative history of the life of Young Tom Morris, and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.
Brief description: Stephen Proctor has served as a senior editor at The Baltimore Sun, The San Francisco Chronicle and The Houston Chronicle. A native of Maryland, he graduated from The American University in Washington and was later awarded a John S. Knight Fellowship in journalism at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. He is an avid golfer and has spent the past decade studying the history of the royal and ancient game. He lives in Malabar, Florida.
Review Quotes: To write about Tommy Morris is a very brave thing to do. [Proctor] has been successful in bringing something new to the table. ... An informative, charming book'-- "Through the Green"