The game of golf has been witness to dramatic change since the early 1980s. Technology has relegated polished wooden drivers and wound balls covered with balata to the dustbin of history. The world s great courses have been stretched unfathomable lengths to counter the game s modern champions and the distances they hit the ball. In the end, though, it still comes down to the players.

Jim Moriarty has focused his attention on the glory, sacrifice, success, and despair of these champions. In Playing Through, he captures the essence of this most recent, most transformative...