Golf For A Lifetime! (1981) Bob Toski Signed and similar items

8.5" x 10", 126 page hardcover with dustjacket titled GOLF FOR A LIFETIME! by Bob Toski with Jerry Tarde/ A Golf Digest Book, ISBN # 0-914178-49-0, First Printing, copyright 1981/ An authoritative guide to golf, addressed particularly to the older golfer, provides practical tips on improving one's game--techniques, play tactics, competition strategy, and more. Robert John Toski, born Algustoski (born September 18, 1926), is an American professional golfer and golf instructor. He was inducted into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame in 2013. He joined the PGA Tour in 1949 and broke through for his first win in the Insurance City Open in 1953. He was the leading money winner in 1954, when his four victories included the World Championship of Golf, where first prize was $50,000, by far the richest prize-money golf event in the world. That victory also earned him a $50,000 contract from promoter George S. May to put on 50 exhibitions the following year; he would put on 57 and play in only 14 events in 1955. He scaled back his playing career starting in 1957 after wife Lynn gave birth to three boys in a span of less than four years. Toski found stardom on the Tour despite weighing only 118 pounds. He was the smallest Tour player throughout his playing career and his combination of his small size and his driving prowess earned him the nickname "Mouse" from Sam Snead, a reference to the cartoon superhero Mighty Mouse popular at that time. The book is complete and in VERY GOOD or better condition with some overall wear. The book was owned by someone named Phil Shaw who donated it to the MGA Library in 2015. On the front free endpaper is inscribed, "To Phil - Best to you! Bob Toski, 1983/".