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RAINMAKER
Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and Beyond
In a book that is part Moneyball, part King Richard, and part A Good Walk Spoiled, RAINMAKER paints a portrait of professional golf unlike any we have ever seen before, revealing the inner workings of how money is made in the gentleman's game and the greed, gumption, ambition, and avarice that make that world go round.
RAINMAKER is a rollicking tell-all from golf super-agent, Hughes Norton, detailing everything from his life-changing work with Tiger Woods and Greg Norman to his thoughts on golf's current money-grab era. The ultimate read for fans of Alan Shipnuck, Bob Harig, and Michael Bamberger. When twenty-one-year-old Tiger Woods stunned the world by winning The Masters by a mind-blowing twelve strokes, the first thing he did was embrace the three most important people in his life: his father, his mother, and Hughes Norton.
At the peak of his career, agent Norton earned a million-dollar salary, flew to all corners of the world in first class, and enjoyed a lifestyle nearly as lavish as his A-list clients. That dizzying success, however, came at a high price. The seventy-hour work weeks, constant travel, and intense pressureboth from his players and their corporate partnerstook Norton away from his family and ultimately led to divorce. At the same time, in an effort to protect his players and his career, he found himself making ethical and moral choices he would later regret. Soon, he realized he had made as many enemies as friends.
Hughes Norton is best known as golf's super agent for his work representing giants of the sport such as Tiger Woods and Greg Norman. Twice named one of the "Most Powerful 36 People in Golf" by Golf Digest, he lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
George Peper, currently an editor for Links magazine, was editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine for twenty-five years and is the bestselling author of sixteen books.
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Published 2024-03-26 by Atria |