From the Inside Flap:
An affecting and wide-ranging memoir of one man?s obsession with the arcane mysteries of the game of golf.
Weather hazards, inadequate technique or practice, lack of physical coordination, erratic biorhythms, hangovers, an unruly mind and statistical improbability -- these are just a few of the obstacles to hitting a pure golf shot.
Che Guevara, Alice Cooper, Dennis Hopper and Tiger Woods have all struggled with the above to a greater or lesser degree. And, since being initiated as a child into the arcane mysteries of the game of golf, Timothy O?Grady too has carried in his mind an obsession with the sport that has, at times, been all-consuming. On Golf is structured around a personal history -- how his father played and taught his son, how it dominated his teenage years, his adulation of Arnold Palmer, (with whom he would eventually hit a few rounds), what it was like to eventually beat his father and how they both continued to talk maniacally about the game even as his father lay dying.
When not playing golf, the author was often reading about it, and he discusses in the book the rich literature of the game, which includes the work of Ford Maddox Ford, P.G. Wodehouse, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Updike and many others. On Golf is the work of a great writer and a good golfer that is destined to become a classic.
About the Author:
Timothy O'Grady was born in the U.S. and has lived in Ireland, London, and Spain. He has written about golf for Golf World and Esquire, including accounts of rounds played with Sergio Garcia and Arnold Palmer.
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