Duplantis featured prominently in shipnucks book bud, sweat and tees. I have always admired rich beem after reading this book, because of the adversity he faced on his path onto the pga tour, but this book is meant to provide. Beem me up rookie rich beems stunning victory in the. Shipnuck could so easily have romanticised beems tale, of how a. Duplantis and his nightlife exploits were prominently featured in a book titled, bud, sweat and tees, a story primarily about beem. This is a great book first and foremost because it is superbly written. 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. His work with rich beem beem s victory at the kemper open in 1999 was called one of the alltime best. In this book you get the story of rich beem before he won a major and his caddy steve duplantis.
Beem is the son of a golf professional who ran army courses. Bud, sweat, and tees by alan shipnuck overdrive rakuten. Through the unlikely partnership of golfer rick beem and his caddie steve duplantis, shipnuck shows all the highs and lows, temptations and pitfalls that await all players on the tour. Beem and his hardliving caddie, steve duplantis, would find sudden fame and fortune, and shipnuck enjoyed unparalleled access in chronicling their wild ridesharing endless drives across the desert and eventful nights at strip clubs, cutthroat golf matches and latenight confessionals at assorted watering holes. His caddy, steve duplantis, had a similarly improbable and colorful background, having squandered a promising career through boozing and womanizing before hooking up with the 28yearold beem, a. A walk on the wild side of the pga tour by alan shipnuck, which profiled his rookie year on the pga tour and the often wild lifestyle of him and his caddy, steve duplantis.
Wild and crazy in the year following his only tour victory. Journalist shipnuck sports illustrated, golf takes us on a wild ride through a year in the life of rising star rich beem and his caddy steve duplantis. Book takes candid look inside the pga tour the san diego. While the book was interesting, it was not a great book. Download pdf budsweattees free online new books in. There is an ancient story of a man and his journey, this is the modern equivalent. 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 wellprotected secretuntil now. Dull sunday, while watching the 1999 kemper steve duplantis literally whipped rich beem to victory. Actually, it was won by his caddie steve duplantis, who rode beem like a jockey in one. This victory helped establish beem in the top 20 of the official world golf ranking.
After beem won the pga championship in 2002 the book became a bestseller. The book is not for children or prudes, as it has been described as a ball. Steve duplantis daughter, sierra, persevered, but nothing. In 1999, i covered the now defunct kemper open, which was won by an utterly unknown rookie named rich beem. Beem is a feel player with only a rudimentary understanding of his swing mechanics. Improbably, the kemper had been his first tournament working for beem, and they were. It follows two of golfs lesserknown figures through the 1999 season. The book, which followed beem and duplantis as they played various events during beems rookie season on. His caddy, steve duplantis, had a similarly improbable and colorful background, having squandered a promising career through boozing and womanizing before hooking up with the 28yearold beem, a fellow slacker and a graduate of. Rich beem became an overnight folk hero with his victory at the 2002 pga championship, where he dazzled fans with fearless shotmaking and glib oneliners. The book, which followed beem and duplantis as they played various events during beems rookie season on the pga tour, spoke about duplantis relationship with his exwife and his young daughter sierra. Caddybytes exclusive steve duplantis obituary story.
Rogue of a player and caddie from hell make for a great read. Partying, poor play and shaky relations lead to an inconsistent future for both. Follws a single season in the life of golfer rich beem, a twentyeightyearold rookie on the professional tour, and his caddie, steve duplantis, in an insiders look at the world of professional tournament golf. Steve duplantis, in the town of ayr for an introduction to linksland golf at turnberry. I very much enjoyed this fun golf biography of rich beem and his caddy steve duplantis. A walk on the wild side of the pga tour by alan shipnuck, which profiled rich s rookie year on the pga tour and the oftenwild lifestyle of him and his caddie, steve duplantis. Freespirit caddie killed by taxi in california chicago. Duplantis, used to furyks fastidious preparation, didnt hide his frustration, and duplantis gave beems bag to a friend for the texas open.
I have always admired rich beem after reading this book, because of the adversity he faced on his path onto the pga tour, but this book is meant to provide some perspective on all golfers, and all sport. Despite its droll title, sports illustrated writer shipnucks first book affords an earnest and unsentimental portrayal of life on the pga tour. This is a book about the beginning of beem s career with interviews with family and friends, some of these under the category of former but at least fifty percent is dedicated to the somewhat unsettled life of caddy steve duplantis. Duplantis gained fame as well as notoriety as the caddie for jim furyk and rich beem. A couple of ayrs finest had seen them leave the pub and. Beem, a 28yearold rookie fresh out of qschool the qualifying tournament, began the tour as an unknown quantity. Two months earlier he had been fired by jim furyk after 4 12 blockbuster years. Bud, sweat and tees is s decent golf book any rich beem and his caddie, steve duplantis lives on the tour.
Bud, sweat, and tees is a sometimes bawdy, often hilarious, and always unpredictable account of a strange and magical year in the lives, on and off the course, of golfer and caddie. Duplantis caddied for eric axley, who is playing in the buick invitational, which begins thursday at torrey pines. We see the rich beem, former cell phone salesman and welltraveled golfer, shoot for his dream. Alan shipnuck rich beem became an overnight folk hero with his victory at the 2002 pga championship, where he dazzled fans with fearless shotmaking and glib oneliners. Actually, it was won by his caddie steve duplantis, who rode beem like a. Marc figueroa north county times even to most dedicated golf diehards, reading books about golfcan be a colossal bore. Along with beem, shipnuck tells the story of caddie steve duplantis, who bagged for big winner jim furyk and had a sixfigure income for. I read this book while i was in high school and it was a very abrupt awakening into the world of professional golf and pro sports in general. We pulled out of the pub parking lot and there were blue.
Alan shipnuck provides an account of one year on the pga tour with underdog golfer rich beem and his partying caddie steve duplantis. While the book was interesting, it was not a great book because the subjects did not have a super career but one in doubt. A walk on the wild side of the pga tour by alan shipnuck, which profiled his rookie year on the pga tour and the often wild lifestyle of him and his caddie, steve duplantis. Beem and his hardliving caddie, steve duplantis, would find sudden. Beem and his hardliving 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 latenight confessionals at assorted watering holes. Steve duplantis died in 2008 after a successful run as a premium caddie on the pga tour. It was steve duplantis, who for 4 12 years had been the goateed sidekick to jim furyk until being jilted in favor of fluff cowan, tiger woodss ex, following the players championship.
As vivid a character as beem turns out to be, his caddie steve duplantis, whod previously toted for jim furyk, is a true rogue who makes beem seem a choirboy by comparison. An exciting and often poignant story, it stands as the best insiders sports book since jim boutons ball four, and marks alan shipnuck as a writer of extraordinary. Steve duplantis september 20, 1972 january 23, 2008 was a pro golf caddie. He shocked himselfand everyone elseby opening with what was then a careerlow 65 at texas, and he rode. Until this win, beem was best known for the book bud, sweat and tees. Rich beem s walk on the wild side of the pga tour book online at best prices in india on. At the 2007 nissan open at riviera, beem made a holein. The 99 kemper had been redemptive for duplantis as well. Hootie, martha, and the masters of the universe book online at best prices in india on. How beem and duplantis hooked up and found brief fame and glory is the central story of shipnucks quickly paced and entertaining book. In his quest he finds a companion in the form of steve duplantis, a love torn caddy that has problems in his personal life. Steve duplantis was the same kind of father that he was a caddie. To begin with, he found a colorful player with a renegade personality who actually managed to confound the odds and post victoryat the 1999 kemper open.