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Book Review of The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Legend of Bagger Vance
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In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windsweptshore,two legends of the game, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, meet for a mesmereizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Along comes another golfer who will compete. Bagger Vance is a troubled local war hero. Once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie. It is Vance who holds the secret of the Authentic Swing. He will be the one who shows his protege the way back to glory.