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Hat's off to Tracey for her work in getting this together. Though lacking in specific details of his past behaivors enough is said to allow the reader to understand the change in his character once he accepted Christ. This book is not another Christian testimony. It contains the elements of a what makes a good man. We are all sinners and a perfect picture is not painted here. Payne was a great golfer and a great man that many could learn from. Then again, just act like you think Jesus would have and you will be close to the mark of Payne. Thank you for a great book Tracey.

I have recently finished the biography of payne stewart. It was one of the best books I have ever read. From start to finish of the book I was always interested.The best parts of the book is when it talks about all the tournaments he has been in and winning the U.S. open in 1999.

What an inspirational book based on the life of Payne Stewart. You could literally feel the love that Tracey had for Payne. No, I am sure that Payne wasn't a saint. Who of us is? But, he was a great man, a great father, and a great golfer who is sadly missed by thousands of his fans and followers.

Payne was a devout Christian who was coming into his own. The scope of what his personal witnessing ministry could have become will now be tested in his death rather than his life. I know that it has served to strengthen my testimony and for that I will forever be indebted to Payne Stewart.

Thanks Tracey and kids for sharing Payne with us!

This book is a must have book about the life and times of one of Golfs most flamboyunt golfer (the knickers) and the way Payne spoke his mind. I bought this book because Payne was one of my favorite golfers. This book was very intresting talked about the ups and downs of life on the PGA tour. I am glad that Payne relized that there is more to life than just golf. Family and relationship with God. This is a must have book.

this book was amazing. granted it could have been written a lot better, but it's understandable from the view thata his wife is writing this book shortly after his tragic death. tracey wrote well, but got a little boring here and there. other than that, this was great. i never knew the story of payne and his career untill i read this. it was truley a proof to me that he was a great father, husband, golfer, friend, and man. enjoy it!

I understand some golfers' frustration at the trivial nature of this video. However, I've seen way too many beginners - most of whom I have known to be great human beings - commit the very mistakes that Payne tries to bring up. Most beginners are not well manners because they are simply too busy trying to hit their own ball and don't have the peace of mind to think of other people. They are simply trying to play the hole and get to the next. As most beginners tend to be defensive about their etiquette, or the lack thereof, perhaps it is better to give this video to your new golf buddy as a subtle hint rather than risking your friendship with him. After all, the beginners will return your investment rather quickly with the nassaus.

This is probably the worst thing I have ever watched. After watching this video I said: well I'll never get that hour back. It is absolutely worthless to anyone who has golfed more than once. Nearly everything is so common sense that even my wife, a non-golfer, thought his information to be pointless. The attempts at humor are rather painful; you laugh, but only because the jokes are so cheesy and imcredibly stupid. Do not waste your time with this, even if it is a rental.

come on payne. 2 time us open champion getting involved with this kind of junk. nice thought, but terrible follow through. ok mabye its a good video for the worst golfers but since when have the worst golfers ever cared about etiquette, thats what makes them the worst. bad format, horrible humor. this is truely for the inexperienced only.

If old enough, you remember where you were when President Kennedy was assassinated. If a golf fan, you remember where you were when Payne Stewart died. I was in a restaurant having lunch with a couple of other guys. We paid only occasional attention to reports on the television behind the bar. A Lear jet was off course and expected to crash. Sadly, we soon would learn its occupants. If you read no other chapter in this excellent account of Payne Stewart's life, read the one detailing how the golfer's friends and associates learned the bad news. It's a dramatic piece of writing by Larry Guest. And it creates a bond between any reader who remembers that day and the golfer's friends in the book who talk about it. In another memorable chapter, Guest's detailed reporting makes you feel as if you're right in the aircraft during its deadly, and as yet unexplained, flight from Florida to a midwestern cornfield. This book would be a good read even for people who are not golf fans. If you do follow golf, it's a must read. If you were a Payne Stewart fan, you should have already read it.

an effort to make money from the tragedy of payne stewart's death. i would recommend the authorized biography by tracey stewart.

Reading sports biographies is what I like to do. I have read tons -- from all sports, both genders. Frankly, the literary quality of sports biographies usually is low. So you read to pick up a thing or two you didn't know. Either that, or you're a sports nut like me.

This certainly is not the case with "The Payne Stewart Story" by Larry Guest. I bought the book for three reasons: 1. Wow! The cover just blew me away. I must have stared at it for five minutes. 2. I particularly like golf as a sport to read about. 3. I had bought the book by Payne Stewart's wife and was so disappointed I had to force myself to finish it. Strictly commercial, more important for what it didn't say. I was looking for who Payne Stewart was, not empty words that left me hungry and unsatisfied.

Guest's book grabbed me from the first sentence. Riveting, I think is the right word. Classy. Intelligent. The chapter on the plane crash takes your breath away. I was struck the by the amazing amount of detail. For a moment, I felt like I was there. Guest is someone who cares about detail, and so many sports authors don't.

There is nearly a whole chapter is Guest's book on why Payne wore Knickers. I always wondered about that. It was as fascinating as it was funny.

Guest handles the story of Stewart's maturation -- his spiritual growth, his growth as a Tour golfer, as a husband and father, as a citizen, as a man. Like the rest of us, Stewart was flawed, and Guest deals with the flaws directly but with tenderness. I really liked the way he handled that. It made the book wonderful for me.

This is truly a great sports biography, five stars, very different in a way I can't explain. I just could not put it down for its honesty and its humor and its unique format. I had read 50 pages before leaving the store and taking the book home with me. This is hard for me to say, but I'm sure this is the best sports biography I have ever read. There are bigger stars, but I cannot think of a better book. "The Payne Stewart Story" informs, entertains, enlightens, inspires. Although a tragedy, the book made me feel better about things.

There is nearly a whole chapter is Guest's book on why Payne wore Knickers. I always wondered about that. It was as fascinating as it was funny.

Very insightful. The author's relationship with Stewart really comes through. A great story about a great competitor and a great man.

Payne Stewart was a gifted professional golfer, a loving father, devoted husband, loyal friend, and a man of faith. On October 25, 1999, a plane on its way to Texas and carrying five people, crashed in a pasture in a remote area of South Dakota. The pilot and all of the passengers, including Payne Stewart, died. When he died, Stewart was enjoying his greatest year as a professional golfer as current defender of the U.S. Open, a member of the Ryder Cup Championship team, and the winner of the AT&T Celebrity Pro-Am in Pebble Beach. His silky golf swing and his knickers with a tam-o-shanter perched upon his head were all familiar trademarks of his colorful golfing persona. I Remember Payne Stewart is a tribute to his legacy as a golfer and as a human being through the comments, memories and anecdotes offered by relatives, college buddies, fellow golfers, sports reporters, and more. I Remember Payne Stewart is a striking and memorable collection of personal memories by those who knew him best and a "must read" for all Stewart fans who followed his golf course accomplishments with great enthusiasm for the man and the game.

Very superficial. Not nearly the depth of the authorized biography.

Fantastic treatment of this golf icon. And so timely. Couldn't recommend it more highly.

Just finished reading Payne at Pinehurst--couldn't put it down.

I'm a big golf fan and that U.S. Open ranks as the best I've seen. The detail Chastain goes into was fascinating in describing Payne Stewart's path toward claiming golf's ultimate prize Chastain obviously knows his subject well and has a way with words. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone, and not just golfers.

My mother! AND she loves crossword puzzles! I gave her this DVD for Christmas last year, and she still mentions it regularly. She's had a couple of puzzles published and Will Shortz is either her icon or nemesis, depending on her success in composing a puzzle for submission. This was a fun watch!

GREAT DVD ON CROSSWORDS. ADD TWO STARS IF YOU LIKE DOING THE NYT CROSSWORD PUZZLE

This documentary just makes the average Joe wonder whatever happened to their smart chip. The only puzzles I can solve are those Hollywood pop culture thingys. The junk I fed my brain. But after watching this, I want my smart chip back. I'm horrible with Jeopardy, Scrabble, and definitely cross word puzzles. This was an interesting doumentary in the sense that I didn't know that there were so many people sooo involved in this past time. This just goes to prove that anything can be addictive. Anything.

This movie about serious crossword creators and solvers informs, entertains, and builds to an appropriate climax, the annual Crossword Championships in a cookie cutter hotel in Stamford, CT. Everyone involved -- including President Bill Clinton, his erstwhile opponent Bob Dole, and Jon Stewart -- fits nicely into the mosaic of the story. (The puzzle on the day of the Clinton-Dole election is, in its own small-corner-of-the-universe way, a masterpiece of the art form.) Sure, the players have this little obsession about racing the clock to solve really hard crosswords, but they are also genuinely likeable people and this viewer, at least, came away impressed with their abilities, their sense of humor about their off-beat passion, and, not least, their articulate intelligence. As one who can barely scrape through the Times's Monday and Tuesday puzzles on occasion, I salute them. Wordplay honors them too and does so very, very well. It's a must-see for anyone who's ever puzzled.

Like Spellbound or Trekkies, this documentary tries to elevate a rather nerdy hobby to the level of high art by exploring the people involved and the obsessive nature of their hobby. As with those two documentaries, you are probably more inclined to enjoy the movie if you share the obsession. Unlike those two documentaries, you may not find this terribly compelling otherwise.

While it has many interesting things about it (the history of the "rules" of Crossword puzzles, the competitions, the crossword puzzle that managed to make BobDole and Clinton equally viable in 1996 for instance) ultimately it's a documentary about people who sit down and write words on square boxes. Jon Stewart, Bill Clinton and the Indigo Girls (Blue state bias?) are normally entertaining personalities, but even they can't make the act of writing words on a piece of paper interesting. You have to give the director credit for trying though. Jon Stewart's mini-freakout is amusing. The shot of the clue and the letters hitting the blank page in computer animation are fun. However, ultimately it feels a lot like those movies where they are "hacking into the system" and trying to make the act of sitting at a computer typing exciting. It's not. Sorry. It's just not.

However, the competition that takes up the last third of the movie is well worth the price. The people involved aren't just obsessed but they are warm and friendly. Sure, trash talking Crossword puzzle fanatics would be funnier, but the fact of the matter is, is that these people like each other; they share an obsession and they genuinely wish each other well - even when losing to each other in these competitions. That amount of camraderie involved in the competition is a rare thing, no matter how many "sportsmanship" lectures get imbibed. To see it as a natural byproduct of the competition is rather sweet.

Still, this is a movie that only Crossword fanatics can love. Those of us who find our joy elsewhere can buy bargain DVDs and watch it in small doses. All of it is good, but none of it is terribly compelling.

Great flick, enjoyed the actors and it was a very funny mystery. Lots of actors i've seen for years on the TV.

Funny and action with alot of twist in the story, this is one of those movies that go unknowticed by the critics but thru word of mouth is slowing becoming one of those cult films. Saw it over in Japan and the girls were crazy for the good-looking guys in this movie. Definetly a Bmovie buta great story.

the only thing that rankles with me is J. leonard's moment of 'winning' - he and the entire team doing a lap of honor of the green - though his opponent hadn't finished and was left looking bemused and no doubt irritated at the childish behaviour he was witnissing, because in fact we hadn't yet won.
That sort of behaviour maybe ok for the NFL and some other sports - but it the opposite of the spirit of the game.
It's those few moments of hysteria that spoil the victory for me.

When this one was playing out I was traveling overseas and had to keep track of the matches in bits and pieces as I was able to find them. At one point the US team was so far behind that I pretty much resolved in my mind that it was all over for them.

And then magic happened. Coming from behind, the US team accomplished the impossible and staged arguably the greatest comeback in the history of the Ryder Cup (perhaps in any sport, for that matter) to reclaim the Ryder Cup. Ben Crenshaw led the U.S. team. His comments to the press on the final day of the matches are worth seeing again all by themselves. This DVD is spectacular and includes the play of some of the greatest golfers the US has ever produced including Tiger Woods, Justin Leonard, David Duval and Payne Stewart. Stewart's presence here is especially poignant in that these Ryder Cup matches were the culminating goal for the year and would became, really, his last appearance before his tragic death.

A sensational competition, Ryder Cup 1999 will be the standard against which all others are measured. Even though I know the outcome I can't see this one enough. It's great to see it again in a Ryder Cup year and every year.

THE HORSEMAN

I have watched this DVD, quality is above average and has comprehensive coverage of this historical event. This is one for the golf DVD Libary!!! Get it!

This Ryder Cup was truly the greatest golf Tournament that I have ever seen. I remember watcing the NBC coverage, and I truly felt that the US couldn't come back. The way they did it was truly unbelievable. I was so happy to here that there was a DVD coming out on the event and went it was released, I immediately bought it. The DVD truly allows you to see how remarkable a comeback it was. It was undoubtedly a comeback for the ages. A must for every fan of U.S. Golf

THE HORSEMAN

I have watched this DVD, quality is above average and has comprehensive coverage of this historical event. This is one for the golf DVD Libary!!! Get it!

When the songs of whales were given, there were times when music was played by musicians, and that shouldn't happen. If you are letting us hear a whale, then be silent.

My son has loved whales, dolphins, orcas, etc. since he was a toddler. I bought this video for him and it is so beautiful. The narration is fairly simple with interesting facts that are not too scientific. This video continually shows animal footage without interviews, etc. that are common in more traditional "documentaries," which is great for kids. There is a lot of underwater footage which I haven't always found in whale videos. I only wish I could watch it in an IMAX theater.

Seen on a small screen, this video will entertain you for a half hour, and then start to lose you. I can just imagine how much more involving it would be on a huge IMAX screen. It is just over 40 minutes long, so you will be bored for about 10 minutes.

When plankton and krill are being discussed, I really wanted to see one. Couldn't they show us what a krill looks like? When the songs of whales were given, there were times when music was played by musicians, and that shouldn't happen. If you are letting us hear a whale, then be silent.

One of the whale songs sounds a lot like I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.

I wish they didn't hire Captain Jean Luc Picard to do the narration. That is distracting. I know what they're going for. They are going for the status of having a famous actor in their video. But the subject is whales. The subject is not famous actors. Focus on the whales. If that isn't enough of a show for you, don't make the video.

And don't hire one of these perfect speech, perfect pronunciation people either, people who don't dentalize their T's and who pronounce every word perfectly. That is very annoying. I don't want to hear someone who speaks beautifully. That's nonsense. I want someone who communicates. IMAX tends to hire speakers who are much too polished, who represent IMAX to the world, and that is extremely annoying and statusy. It is just way too effing proper. Just communicate, and stop being so damn proper. The story is the words, not the way they are spoken. This world is way too image-conscious. Hearing these perfect speakers is as annoying as seeing just how picture perfect every soap opera actor looks, or every model. Stuff it.

I can't say this is a great nature film. It isn't. It isn't creative or absorbing enough. It's okay.

This film on whales, originally shown in Imax, has excellent footage on whales and chronicles of their annual migration. It is narrated by an actor who starred in many films.
There are a suitable number of underwater scenes to make this an all around good presentation, but don't expect footage in quantity to equal it to "The Blue Planet", or "Secrets of the Ocean Realm" films. There are underwater clips to marvel at here. One of these is when the camera swims over a rocky ground, which contains killer whale skeletons. The best ocean scene of all. However, it is an excellent comparison and an essential film to own.
The VHS film quality is fine. The digital transfer is all right, nothing significant. The music looks good, playing as if recorded immediately after the Imax premiere. Your best buy, however, would be the newly mastered DVD.

Great family show! We saw this movie as an IMAX (Virginia Beach Marine Science Museum) film with our 3 & 5 year old boys. Now they love whales. Especially my 5 year old. He keeps amazing me with the facts that he remembers from the film. Breathtaking footage,especially the humpbacks feeding. This is a movie I won't mind watching again and again.