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An Evening with Gene Wojciechowski
Featured Book
All Carry: A Novel
A recently laid-off golf reporter. A down-on-his-luck caddie. And a magical set of clubs once owned by Jack Nicklaus. In this funny, feel-good novel, New York Times bestselling author and former ESPN reporter Gene Wojciechowski gives us a pair of unlikely champions unlike any other.
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About This Event
The Book Stall is so excited to host sports reporter and author Gene Wojciechowski for a discussion featuring his new book, All Carry. A recently laid-off golf reporter. A down-on-his-luck caddie. And a magical set of clubs once owned by Jack Nicklaus. In this wonderfully funny novel, New York Times bestselling author and former ESPN reporter Gene Wojciechowski gives us a pair of unlikely champions unlike any other.
Featured Author
Gene Wojciechowski
Gene Wojciechowski has spent more than 40 years as a sports reporter, at the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News and Chicago Tribune, and later joining ESPN, where he served as a writer and on-air features reporter on the network's golf coverage, SportsCenter and College GameDay. He has covered almost every significant sporting event in the world, including nearly 75 golf majors, and done ESPN stories on and with the most consequential players in the game: Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, and Gary Player. His work has earned him multiple Sports Emmys and Edward R. Murrow Awards, as well as recognition from the Golf Writers Association of America. He is a New York Times bestselling author who has written or co-written thirteen books, including The Last Great Game and Kirk Herbstreit's memoir, Out of the Pocket. He lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife.
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