A memoir about the uncommon world of the club caddy and the improbable journey it resulted in for one man. A candid and laugh-out-loud funny narrative, it captures a side of the service industry rarely glimpsed by the outside.

REAL GOLF is a rare book concerned with the wild and crazy game of amateur golf. It is not about professional golf or Tiger or Phil or Jack, etc. It deals with the characters, practices and fits that make up the game the vast majority of golfers play - amateur golf or REAL golf.

"Golf is not a game, it's a punishment." -David Feherty "If you're one of those people who think golf is a religion, prepare for some seriously funny blasphemy." --Troon McAllister, author of The Green Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot is a collection of Feherty's most popular Golf Magazine columns, intermingled with his most outrageous work from Golfonline.com. As an added bonus, readers will be treated to some notorious pieces from his work at the British publication Golf Monthly. Edited by and with a running commentary by Feherty, and accompanied by some of the priceless letters to the editor from readers across the country and around the globe complaining about Feherty's perversity, Somewhere in Ireland is the perfect Father's Day gift for the crankiest duffer in every family.

Former PGA Golf Professional and USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith walks you step-by-step, club-by-club from your car to the first tee and beyond in a laugh-out-loud style that not only teaches, but entertains. Any golfer recognizes the fears, the patterns, the downright horrors of the first shot of a round. Ever topped that first shot just off the front edge of the tee box? Or worse yet, whiffed it completely? Come on, admit it. It happened. Remember? The problems with that first shot don't start with the swing. Nope, the problems start in the parking lot. And this book will get you flawlessly from the parking lot, through the clubhouse, onto the driving range, over the putting green, and finally successfully off the first tee with a smile.

'THE COURSE', is A Photographic Documentary of a Pete Dye designed course by Photographer Mike Gurnell. It is the first and only book of its' kind. World Golf Hall of Fame Architect, Pete Dye has constructed more than 120 golf courses. In 50 plus years of designing courses, The Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana is the first project to be documented during construction. 'THE COURSE' is a documentary of what Pete Dye considers to be, "arguably the best inland site he has ever worked on." It provides a historical overview on how the project got started, and then, hole by hole, it illustrates before and after images of the course. The Pete Dye Course has been referred to as the most breathtaking and exciting 18 holes of golf in the country. WebStore: WWW.GURNELLIMAGES.COM Email: [email protected] Phone: 317-701-1405

Now in paperback, a chronicle of the most important year in Tiger Woods's legendary career, the season that began after recovering from major knee surgery and ended with shocking scandal.
Since his professional debut in 1996, Tiger Woods changed golf more than any other player in history. His major knee surgery in 2008 and subsequent extended absence from professional competition threw into doubt his ongoing quest to surpass the one great record that remains for him--Jack Nicklaus's eighteen major championship wins. In early 2009, with the status of Woods's health and playing ability up in the air, journalist Robert Lusetich set out to cover this highly anticipated season, only to have it end in the most unexpected way imaginable.
"Unplayable" offers a richly compelling narrative of Tiger's victories and defeats--all while conveying the untold story of the bitter rivalries and ongoing tensions among top players--and explains how Woods managed to lead a double life while dominating in one of the world's most competitive sports. Including interviews with tournament directors, agents, caddies, PGA Tour officials, sponsors, rival players, and those inside Woods's own camp, "Unplayable " is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look into one of the most important seasons in the history of golf.

"Playing All 50, Golf & More" is one man's quest to play golf in all fifty states, while telling of the many adventures he encountered along his journey. Most of the pictures in this book were taken by the author as he played the courses. Hopefully, you'll agree he captured the beauty of nature in the pictures and in the descriptions of his golf outings across America. His passion for the game can be described as: "Golf is a game you can never win. You always think you could have done better, and you always believe you'll do better the next time out. The thrill of golf is that while playing, your worldly problems and worries are blocked. Your only concern is hitting that little white ball ... In other words from the famous Bobby Jones: "Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots but you have to play the ball where it lies ... So, play it where it lies, and have fun reading the book

Hard-hitting Rory McIlroy was always destined to become a professional golfer, from the moment he recorded a 40-yard drive aged just two. His first hole-in-one came when he was nine, and he played in his first professional European tour event as a 16-year old in 2005. Despite high expectations, Rory keeps a cool head on his young shoulders and lets his golf do the talking. His maiden victory came in the nail-biting 2009 Dubai Desert Classic, and he has since gone on to win multiple titles around the world. After falling apart at the 2011 Masters, his breakthrough came in June 2011 when he won his first major, the US Open. An incredible 2012 followed, where he ended up ranked number one golfer in the world. But in 2013, despite high aspirations, Rory did not fare well in major tournaments until the end of the year, when he won the Australian Open by one stroke. This is the story of one of golf's greatest ever talents.

In a long, award-winning career writing about golf, Bill Fields has sought out the most interesting stories--not just those featuring big winners and losers, but the ones that get at the very character of the game. Collected here, his pieces offer an intriguing portrait of golf over the past century. The legends are here in vivid profiles of such familiar figures as Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Mickey Wright, and Tiger Woods. But so are lesser-known golfers like John Schlee, Billy Joe Patton, and Bert Yancey, whose tales are no less compelling.The book is filled with colorful moments and perceptive observations about golf greats ranging from the first American-born U.S. Open champion, Johnny McDermott, to Seve Ballesteros, the Spaniard who led Europe's resurgence in the game in the late twentieth century. Fields gives us golf writing at its finest, capturing the game's larger dramas and finer details, its personalities and its enduring appeal.

The Ultimate Guide to Golf Nutrition will teach you how to increase your RMR (resting metabolic rate) to accelerate your metabolism and help you change your body for good. Learn how to get in top shape and reach your ideal weight through smart nutrition so that you can perform at your very best. Eating complex carbohydrates, protein, and natural fats in the right amount and percentages as well as increasing your RMR will make you faster, more agile, and more resistant. This book will help you to: -Have longer periods of energy and concentration. -Prevent getting cramps. -Get injured less often. -Recover faster after competing or training. -Have more energy before, during, and after competition. By eating right and improving the way you feed your body you will also reduce injuries and be less prone to them in the future. Being too thick or too thin are two common reasons injuries happen and is the main reason most golfers have trouble reaching their peak on a nutritional level. Three nutrition plan options are explained in detail. You can choose which one is best for you depending on your overall physical condition. One of the first changes most people who start this nutrition plan see is endurance. They get less tired and have more energy. Any athlete who wants to be in the best shape ever needs to read this book and start making long term changes that will get them where they want to be. Joseph Correa is a certified sports nutritionist and a professional athlete.

"A curious anomaly is found in a review of golf literature of the past fty years. Ninety percent of the literature deals with moving the ball from tee to green. Although there are hundreds of books and articles published on putting they deal almost exclusively with grip, technique, and stroking the ball. Practically nothing is written on how to read the green and estimate or calculate how much a ball will break." - H. A. Templeton, 'Vector Putting' To illustrate the general lack of advice in golfing books on reading greens consider the weighty "The Complete Book Of Golf" published by Colour Library Books. In its 520 pages the advice on putting makes up just twelve pages and most of that small section is devoted to stance and wrist action rather than reading the green. And yet is on the putting green that shots are lost and games sacrificed. There are eighteen tee shots in a game but a medium to high handicap player will take as many as thirty-five to fifty putts during a game. Reading the green is an essential component of a successful game of golf. This book rectifies this deficiency by explaining the way that a golf ball rolls and breaks after being hit. What happens after the ball is struck is outside the control of the golfer. All she can do is watch and hope she hit it to set it off at the correct speed and in the correct direction. This is where this book will guide you to better putting. "I would say that each day I holed between 2-5 putts that I would not have holed using the naked eye to judge. That is a huge return for someone with my handicap (six) representing a saving of nearly half of my handicap each round " Unsolicited praise from a fan of my work.

If you're interested in golf for your child, this book is for you. The Child Golfer is an easy-read for "every parent" ... those who would like to give golf to their child and could use a bit of know-how. Even if you play golf, being a Daddy Caddy is a whole new game It's not easy. Rules, clubs, tournaments, nutrition ... and a lot more. Terry Glatt has been Daddy Caddy for his young child golfer since the age of two and has watched too many parents look like deer in the headlights at child golf tournaments. Mr. Glatt holds a masters degree in engineering and an MBA and has combined his background and parent-caddying experience to write this book to help golfing parents. Golf is a wonderful game, a gift to give your child for a lifetime. The goal of this book is to enable you to give that gift. Specifically for parents of children ages two to eleven, The Child Golfer - A Parent's Guide provides knowledge and insight you need to introduce the game to, and develop, your young golfer long before middle and high school. Your Daddy Caddy and Mommy Caddy handbook

This book is designed to provide a blueprint, a road map, a plan to improve the pace of play in America. It does that by taking advantage of a wide range of scientific studies, data collection efforts and real-world experiences. It recognizes the complexity of the problem but also points out practical, simple-to-understand principles which, when applied, can make a big difference in how long it takes to play the game and increase the enjoyment of all golfers.