âThis is the most amazing âbehind the curtainâ view ever written about the world of sports management. Hughes was the guru to some of the greatest golfers in the worldâit wasnât by accident.â<br /> <b>âJim Nantz, CBS Sports</b>
âWow, what a readâan inside look at pro golf and the players who have dominated it, from Palmer and Nicklaus to Norman and Tiger and everyone in between. No one knows better than Hughes Norton how golf evolved from a mom-and-pop operation to the behemoth it is today, and he spares no one in telling his story, including himself. This book may rankle a few people, but itâs all the truth.â<br /> <b>âCurtis Strange</b>
âThis book really hacks me off. This is all the delicious, inside Tiger Woods stuff that writers like me were dying for. Thanks for nothing, Hughes.â<br /> <b>âRick Reilly</b>
"Hughes Norton ushered in an unprecedented era of monetary growth in the golf world, and isnât shy about telling tales along the way! <i>Rainmaker</i> takes you inside the room with some of golf's biggest personalities for some never heard before stories. It's such a breeze to read, you'll want to start the whole thing over again as soon as you're done."<br /> <b>âChris Solomon, host of <i>No Laying Up</i> podcast</b>
âIn the 1980's and 1990's, Hughes Norton was golf's âJerry Maguireâ. Hughes and I were adversaries as he was committed to maximizing his client's value and I was committed to controlling company costs. There was no brighter light bulb in the room than Hughes Norton â intelligent, tenacious, and always well prepared. Hughes was "the man" and with this came a bullseye on his back. <i>Rainmaker</i> is a compelling read: the agent who for over two decades in the golf industry made it rain for his clients, his firm and for himself.â<br /> <b>âWally Uihlein, retired CEO of the Acushnet Company (Titleist & Footjoy)Â </b>
âNortonâs very engaging memoir provides a revealing glimpse into the cutthroat world of a sports agent, an insiderâs perspective on the evolution of professional golf, and colorful anecdotes about the personalities he met throughout his storied career.â <b>â<i>Booklist</i></b>
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Biographical note
Hughes Norton is best known as golfâs superagent for his work representing giants of the sport such as Tiger Woods and Greg Norman. Twice named one of the âMost Powerful 36 People in Golfâ by Golf Digest, he lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.George Peper, the editor of Links magazine, was editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine for twenty-five years and is the bestselling author of nineteen books. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.Â