Into the Bear Pit: Mark James

Publication Date: 6 July 2000
RRP: £16.99
ISBN: 1-85227-854-4

"I felt embarassed for golf", Sir Michael Bonallack, Secretary, R&A

The seventeenth green at Brookline Country Club near Boston. It is the closing stages of the 33rd Ryder Cup tournament, and the United States and Great Britain have been battling it out for three days. The outrageous scenes that followed Justin Leonard's monster 45-foot birdie putt at the

seventeenth hole will live long in the memory of golf fans.

The unwelcome invastion of the green was just one of a whole host of events that marred those three days in September. European team captain Mark James found himself at the centre of the storm, a witness to a catalogue of events that he hopes he never has to witness again in the sport he loves.

Into the Bear Pit is a hrd hitting blow-by-blow account of the tournament that made headlines around the world. The media stories ran for several days and barely scratched the surfce of what actually went on at Brookline, both on and off the course. Mark James lifts the lid on events that have never been reported, providing answers to key questions surrounding on eo fhte most controversial stories in golfing history.