A little while back, I was contacted by Bob Cayne, author of the book, …Nothing Major. He asked if I’d like to review the book and since I have a soft spot for books on golf humor, I gladly accepted.
According to his biography, Bob Cayne has been playing golf for six decades, and has done a variety of things in the golf world, including organizing large tournaments and consulting. Perhaps the biggest influence for this book (the basis really), was [...]
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Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia, by Dr. David Cook, is a fictional tale set in a real location: Utopia, Texas. In the book, a chance meeting between a disheartened golf pro and an improbable mentor – a small-town rancher with uncommon insight – leads the pro to a crossroads in his life.
After an on-course meltdown, the pro finds himself some 80 miles west of San Antonio in the town of Utopia where a 9-hole “goat [...]
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Without a doubt, the 2008 U.S. Open was one of the greatest golf tournaments I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch and it probably ranks somewhere solidly within the list of the most exciting ever played.
The storyline was almost surreal. Tiger Woods, probably the best player who ever lived, had come back after knee surgery, and as we found out later, was still seriously injured. He was stared down to the bitter end (and then some) by Rocco Mediate, a [...]
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport, by Carl Hiaasen, is a look at his return to the game of golf after having sworn it off in 1973. After 32 years, and a couple of chance encounters, he ended up back on the course and, before long, was plunged headlong into golf again.
The Downhill Lie is a humorous account of the year and a half following Hiaasen’s return to golf, the “ruinous sport” that it is. From [...]
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Follow the Roar, by Bob Smiley, is a chronicle of Smiley’s journey to accomplish the seemingly impossible task of following Tiger Woods on every single hole of every single tournament during the 2008 season.
I have to be truthful in saying that when I first got my hands on the book, I didn’t have high expectations. I pictured a sort of logbook of every shot Tiger made in 2008. It was probably his most amazing season, given his winning five times [...]
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