Using hand me down clubs, young Tommy Warren likes golf, but
considers it just one of many competitors for his time. All that
changes after a summer of caddying for a low-handicap amateur.
Instead of payment, Tommy receives three gifts that turn out to be
priceless introductions to the charms and settings of golf, near
and far. Eventually, he crosses paths with a thirteen-year-old
prodigy in Southern California. The effects of that early encounter
with Tiger Woods reverberate down through the years and back to
Warren's old home town.
The golf that Tom Warren has experienced provides a reference point
for growing up in the fifties and sixties. It also offers insights
into the game that apply to twenty-first century youth and their
elders. Prize-winning author Clint McCown says this about "An Old
Caddie": "Just as there's more to the game than merely hitting a
little white ball around a pasture, there's more to this book than
golf. We get a portrait of America itself ranging from the time
when everybody liked Ike to the time when everybody likes Tiger. In
telling his own tale, Warren manages as well to weave in a fine
account of the cultural history that accompanies the game, touching
upon sensitive issues of class and race, and reaffirming golf's
more populist roots.
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