Author: Glen Waggoner
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380729692
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
For all golfers, there is a dividing line that separates life into two disparate worlds: the world that can only be dreamed about, that of the one-putting, three-hundred-yard-driving, sub-par-shooting professional; and the world of golfing reality, that of the club-throwing, four-putting, double-bogeying hacker. Is there a man brave enough to straddle both worlds? Someone willing to spend time with Jack Nicklaus and play a course in northern England, where you have to hit a perfect drive in one hole or wind up in a corral hitting next to a bull? Someone who's willing to analyze the top players in the game and confess to tossing a whole set of clubs right smack-dab into the middle of a water hazard? Luckily for all golfing fans, there is such a man, Glen Waggoner, whose devotion to - and terror of - the game of golf is wonderfully detailed in Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips. The first half of the book - the Front Nine - is all about Waggoner's life on the pro tour as a reporter and observer. He learnedly discusses the practice habits of the top pros; meets his idol, Arnold Palmer; discusses the unbelievably lucrative business of modern-day golf; gives us insight into the mind-set of top pros like Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia; predicts who will be the next Palmer/Nicklaus/Watson-type dominant golfer. The Back Nine is the personal life of a hacker. Here, Waggoner talks about the fine art of club-throwing. He discloses terrifying secrets of sand traps that even Lawrence of Arabia couldn't get out of. He goes to golf school, taking lessons from the world's greatest golf teacher. He plays St. Andrews - and the caddy is still snickering. Most of all, Glen Waggoner is atypical golfer - which means he loves the game more than he loves breathing. That love comes through with such humor, such affection, and such quirky insight that Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips is bound to become a golf classic.
Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans and Chili Dips
Author: Glen Waggoner
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380729692
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
For all golfers, there is a dividing line that separates life into two disparate worlds: the world that can only be dreamed about, that of the one-putting, three-hundred-yard-driving, sub-par-shooting professional; and the world of golfing reality, that of the club-throwing, four-putting, double-bogeying hacker. Is there a man brave enough to straddle both worlds? Someone willing to spend time with Jack Nicklaus and play a course in northern England, where you have to hit a perfect drive in one hole or wind up in a corral hitting next to a bull? Someone who's willing to analyze the top players in the game and confess to tossing a whole set of clubs right smack-dab into the middle of a water hazard? Luckily for all golfing fans, there is such a man, Glen Waggoner, whose devotion to - and terror of - the game of golf is wonderfully detailed in Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips. The first half of the book - the Front Nine - is all about Waggoner's life on the pro tour as a reporter and observer. He learnedly discusses the practice habits of the top pros; meets his idol, Arnold Palmer; discusses the unbelievably lucrative business of modern-day golf; gives us insight into the mind-set of top pros like Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia; predicts who will be the next Palmer/Nicklaus/Watson-type dominant golfer. The Back Nine is the personal life of a hacker. Here, Waggoner talks about the fine art of club-throwing. He discloses terrifying secrets of sand traps that even Lawrence of Arabia couldn't get out of. He goes to golf school, taking lessons from the world's greatest golf teacher. He plays St. Andrews - and the caddy is still snickering. Most of all, Glen Waggoner is atypical golfer - which means he loves the game more than he loves breathing. That love comes through with such humor, such affection, and such quirky insight that Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips is bound to become a golf classic.
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380729692
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
For all golfers, there is a dividing line that separates life into two disparate worlds: the world that can only be dreamed about, that of the one-putting, three-hundred-yard-driving, sub-par-shooting professional; and the world of golfing reality, that of the club-throwing, four-putting, double-bogeying hacker. Is there a man brave enough to straddle both worlds? Someone willing to spend time with Jack Nicklaus and play a course in northern England, where you have to hit a perfect drive in one hole or wind up in a corral hitting next to a bull? Someone who's willing to analyze the top players in the game and confess to tossing a whole set of clubs right smack-dab into the middle of a water hazard? Luckily for all golfing fans, there is such a man, Glen Waggoner, whose devotion to - and terror of - the game of golf is wonderfully detailed in Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips. The first half of the book - the Front Nine - is all about Waggoner's life on the pro tour as a reporter and observer. He learnedly discusses the practice habits of the top pros; meets his idol, Arnold Palmer; discusses the unbelievably lucrative business of modern-day golf; gives us insight into the mind-set of top pros like Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia; predicts who will be the next Palmer/Nicklaus/Watson-type dominant golfer. The Back Nine is the personal life of a hacker. Here, Waggoner talks about the fine art of club-throwing. He discloses terrifying secrets of sand traps that even Lawrence of Arabia couldn't get out of. He goes to golf school, taking lessons from the world's greatest golf teacher. He plays St. Andrews - and the caddy is still snickering. Most of all, Glen Waggoner is atypical golfer - which means he loves the game more than he loves breathing. That love comes through with such humor, such affection, and such quirky insight that Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips is bound to become a golf classic.
Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans and Chili Dips
Author: Glen Waggoner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780517157350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780517157350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Why Do They Call It a Birdie?
Author: Frank Coffey
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9781559724296
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A perfect gift for duffers and scratch golfers alike, this indispensable trivia book is filled with anecdotes, quotes, definitions, practical tips, quizzes, historical information, curious tidbits, and humor about the game of golf. Line drawings.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9781559724296
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A perfect gift for duffers and scratch golfers alike, this indispensable trivia book is filled with anecdotes, quotes, definitions, practical tips, quizzes, historical information, curious tidbits, and humor about the game of golf. Line drawings.
Golf's Finest Par Threes
Author: Michael Bartlett
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1554909732
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Orwell Brennan, Chief of Police in Dockerty, Newry County, can't resist digging into the death of a man found in a tree with two arrows in his stomach.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1554909732
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Orwell Brennan, Chief of Police in Dockerty, Newry County, can't resist digging into the death of a man found in a tree with two arrows in his stomach.
The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book
Author: Mike Towle
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418554170
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book is interactive in that each of the eighteen chapters is assigned a par of three, four, or five. Readers can keep score and earn eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys, and double bogeys dependent on the number of correct answers he or she provides for that chapter. Par for this book's course is 72. Golf-savvy readers will love trying to break 80. Scattered throughout the book are interesting sidebars such as top-ten lists, strange-but-true stories, and more than thirty photographs.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418554170
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Ultimate Golf Trivia Book is interactive in that each of the eighteen chapters is assigned a par of three, four, or five. Readers can keep score and earn eagles, birdies, pars, bogeys, and double bogeys dependent on the number of correct answers he or she provides for that chapter. Par for this book's course is 72. Golf-savvy readers will love trying to break 80. Scattered throughout the book are interesting sidebars such as top-ten lists, strange-but-true stories, and more than thirty photographs.
Breaking 90 with Johnny Miller
Author: Johnny Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935112504
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
America's favorite golf swing analyst, former champion, and NBC golf commentator shares his wisdom and shot-making skills to help players of all ages and abilities break through the game's most imposing score barrier. Illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935112504
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
America's favorite golf swing analyst, former champion, and NBC golf commentator shares his wisdom and shot-making skills to help players of all ages and abilities break through the game's most imposing score barrier. Illustrations.
The Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
Golf My Own Damn Way
Author: John Daly
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 9780061431029
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
If you know anything at all about John Daly—and if you don't, what in the hell are you doing with this book in your hands?—you know he approaches the game of golf from an, uh, slightly different perspective than your average two-time major winner. How different? Well, for starters, Long John thinks the PGA Tour ought to permit Bermuda shorts, make carts mandatory, let him wear his hair down to his butt if he wants to, and strip-search tournament patrons at the entrance gate to keep cameras and cell phones off the course. In Golf My Own Damn Way, you'll take a virtual ride on Big John's magic bus as he tells you the best way to grip it so you can rip it. Looking for a sure cure to bunkerphobia? It's here. A one-hour golf lesson that's 100 percent guaranteed to make you a better golfer? Ditto. Want to know why you should occasionally leave your big dog in your trunk, how to watch your weight, and what golf and sex have in common? You came to the right book. And while he's busy explaining all these and many other things, Daly also tells you why you should keep your head out of the game, let your belly lead your hands, listen to your right foot, check your ball position—and buy a hybrid (the club, not the car). Following in the spike prints of his 2006 bestselling autobiography, My Life In and Out of the Rough, Golf My Own Damn Way is an off-the-wall and intensely personal yet imminently practical and accessible tip sheet on how to cut ten strokes off your score—now. Two things are certain: you've never seen a golf instructional book quite like this one, and you'll never need another one. Fairways and greens, Pard!
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 9780061431029
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
If you know anything at all about John Daly—and if you don't, what in the hell are you doing with this book in your hands?—you know he approaches the game of golf from an, uh, slightly different perspective than your average two-time major winner. How different? Well, for starters, Long John thinks the PGA Tour ought to permit Bermuda shorts, make carts mandatory, let him wear his hair down to his butt if he wants to, and strip-search tournament patrons at the entrance gate to keep cameras and cell phones off the course. In Golf My Own Damn Way, you'll take a virtual ride on Big John's magic bus as he tells you the best way to grip it so you can rip it. Looking for a sure cure to bunkerphobia? It's here. A one-hour golf lesson that's 100 percent guaranteed to make you a better golfer? Ditto. Want to know why you should occasionally leave your big dog in your trunk, how to watch your weight, and what golf and sex have in common? You came to the right book. And while he's busy explaining all these and many other things, Daly also tells you why you should keep your head out of the game, let your belly lead your hands, listen to your right foot, check your ball position—and buy a hybrid (the club, not the car). Following in the spike prints of his 2006 bestselling autobiography, My Life In and Out of the Rough, Golf My Own Damn Way is an off-the-wall and intensely personal yet imminently practical and accessible tip sheet on how to cut ten strokes off your score—now. Two things are certain: you've never seen a golf instructional book quite like this one, and you'll never need another one. Fairways and greens, Pard!
Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, & Chili Dips
Author: Glen Waggoner
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380723119
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A humorous look at the world of golf recounts the experiences and anecdotes of several noted golfing celebrities while offering advice on how to perfect various official--and unofficial--techniques. Reprint. PW. LJ. AB. K.
Publisher: Avon Books
ISBN: 9780380723119
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A humorous look at the world of golf recounts the experiences and anecdotes of several noted golfing celebrities while offering advice on how to perfect various official--and unofficial--techniques. Reprint. PW. LJ. AB. K.
Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description