{"product_id":"bud-sweat-tees-rich-beems-walk-on-the-wild-side-of-the-pga-tour-9780743249003","title":"Bud, Sweat, \u0026 Tees: Rich Beem's Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe incredible story of Rich Beem's life on tour--including the raucous, rowdy side of life as a professional golfer--with his caddie, Steve Duplantis, at his side.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich Beem became an overnight folk hero with his victory at the 2002 PGA Championship, where he dazzled fans with fearless shotmaking and glib one-liners. By the time Beem had stared down Tiger Woods in an epic back nine and then danced a goofy jig on the final green, the sports world was clamoring to know, \"Who is this guy, anyway?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat question is answered in \u003ci\u003eBud, Sweat, \u0026amp; Tees, \u003c\/i\u003e Alan Shipnuck's no-holds-barred look at modern professional golf. Shipnuck began tracking Beem during his rookie year in 1999, when he was a logo-free rube only a couple of years removed from a seven-dollar-an-hour job hawking cell phones. Beem and his hard-living caddie, Steve Duplantis, would find sudden fame and fortune, and Shipnuck enjoyed unparalleled access in chronicling their wild ride--sharing endless drives across the desert and eventful nights at strip clubs, cutthroat golf matches and late-night confessionals at assorted watering holes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is an intimate portrait of two exceedingly colorful characters. Beem and Duplantis invite us deep into the world of the PGA Tour, exposing the rowdy, randy reality of the most interesting subculture in sports, which has always been a well-protected secret--until now. Sometimes bawdy, often hilarious, and always unpredictable, \u003ci\u003eBud, Sweat, \u0026amp; Tees\u003c\/i\u003e stands as the finest insider sports book since \u003ci\u003eBall Four.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Shipnuck is the author of nine books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003ePhil\u003c\/i\u003e and the national bestsellers \u003ci\u003eBud, Sweat \u0026amp; Tees\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Swinger\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Bamberger). Shipnuck has received thirteen first-place awards from the Golf Writers Association of America, breaking the record of Dan Jenkins, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. After a quarter-century at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGolf\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Shipnuck is now a partner and executive editor at the golf media company the Fire Pit Collective, where all his writing, podcasts, and video storytelling can be found. Shipnuck lives in Carmel, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527218499858,"sku":"9780743249003","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60011961-b060-4d58-9090-d7881eee431e.jpg?v=1731294750","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bud-sweat-tees-rich-beems-walk-on-the-wild-side-of-the-pga-tour-9780743249003","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}