Gettin' to the Dance Floor
Gettin' to the Dance FloorAl Barkow
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Gettin' to the Dance Floor

Gettin' to the Dance Floor An Oral History of Professional Golf

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To a golfer the dance floor means the putting green, but in the early days of pro golf, getting to the dance floor also meant joining the Tour -- and enduring bad food, constant travel and infrequent pay. Al Barkow interviewed the players who got to that early dance floor, and here tells their stories in their own words -- a unique document from golf's pioneer days, with first-hand accounts from Lighthorse Harry Cooper, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and more.