Mind Game: The Secrets of Golfs Winners

About Michael CalvinThomas Bjørn

Michael Calvin (Author) Michael Calvin is one of the UKs most accomplished sportswriters having worked in more than eighty countries. He has covered every major sporting event including seven summer Olympic Games and six World Cup finals. He was named Sports Writer of the Year for his despatches as a crew member in a round-the-world yacht race and has twice been named Sports Reporter of the Year. His book The Nowhere Men a study of football scouts won The Times Sports Book of the Year prize in 2014. He became the first author to receive the award in successive years when Proud his collaboration with former Wales and British Lions rugby captain Gareth Thomas was named Sports Book of the Year in 2015.In the same year Living On The Volcano which exposed the pressures on managers was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize. No Nonsense his collaboration with Joey Barton was named Autobiography of the Year in the 2017 British Sports Book awards. No Hunger In Paradise an insight into youth football that spawned a widely-praised BT Sport documentary was a Sunday Times bestseller. State of Play a study of the morality and social impact of modern football was longlisted for the 2018 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.He has been working closely with Thomas Bjorn on Mind Game to capture the unique nature of golf and the principles and philosophies of the worlds best players.Thomas Bjørn (Author) In 2018 Bjørn became the first Danish Ryder Cup Captain when he lead Europe to a famous unforgettable victory at Le Golf National Paris. Highly regarded as one of the European Tours greatest players he has claimed fifteen European Tour titles to date. He came through the Challenge Tour by winning four titles on his way to topping the Rankings in 1995 and remains a strong supporter of the developmental tour. Bjørn became the first Danish Ryder Cup player in history in 1997 before appearing in the biennial contest twice more in 2002 and 2014 - experiencing victory on all three occasions. Appointed Chairman of the European Tours Tournament Committee in 2007 he stepped aside in 2016 in order to focus on his duty as Ryder Cup Captain.