A Golfers dream realized
349849
A wonderful book about Golf in one of the greatest locations in the world to play this frustrating game. Every golfers dream is to be paid to play Links Golf on the Emerald Ilse. The sub title of looking for a "Good Pint"only adds to the mystique. When you read about "The Incident" your sides will ache from laughter
2680595
This book embodied the true spirit of golf and the competition it breeds. The game has provided me with an education in the same manner as Roy and I share his passion to compete. To the competitive golfer, this book takes readers through the small quirks we all have. It's a great read!
2115144
This is an awesome way to golf, knowing how far out you are allowes you to choose the right club !!!!!!!
1712896
Well done effort--golfers will be mesmerized making this a quick read since it's hard to put down!  Friend told me about this story and I ordered the book online--very glad I did!
4774210
I had heard about Bobby McIver and his extraordinary success as a coach, especially with Junior Golfers.  I often wondered what he did differently to turn out so many champions.  After reading "The Heart of the Game," I think I now know.  It really is about who has the most heart and his philosophy reflects that.
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Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (4/07)

Calling all Golfers!  "Waggle" is the answer to a golfer's dream of a great novel.  You don't have to be an avid golfer to enjoy this book either, because first-time author Joe Redden Tigan does an excellent job of explaining the strategy around the game.  I thoroughly enjoyed the story as a novice to the game - well, I am not exactly a novice since I have been playing for several years, just facing up to the fact that I lack talent when my golf instructor told me a couple of summers ago that I was job security.

The book is full of golf terminology, including the title.  What is a Waggle?  The Golfer's definition is "Waggle - is to make small movements of the club head back-and-forth at approach, prior to grounding the club. Waggling is common with woods and any iron used off a tee. It can be a nervous habit, or it can be an intentional movement designed to help the golfer trigger the swing or to help the golfer achieve the tempo they are looking for."

I especially enjoyed Tigan's lead-in to every chapter.  He does it by describing each hole at the fictional Triple-the Pines public golf course in a hilarious way.  For example, Hole #12 "Those who mockingly refer to the smaller march that comes into play on this hole as `Black Bog' due to greens keeper Phil Black's unfortunate late-night mishap with a front end loader here will obtain a keener understanding of karma as they walk off the 12th green only to find that the 13th hole is engulfed by even more of it.  Chicago Golf."

The entire story takes place on July 28, 2003, an extraordinarily perfect day for golf in Chicagoland.  Conny Bromenn, after contemplating the perfect weather conditions decides that this may be the day that he will break 75.  Conny and his foursome are all in the real estate business and are all around 40.  As Conny is nearing his 40th birthday he begins to contemplate making his life more meaningful by giving back to the community.  So when the normal $5 Nassau wager is brought up, Conny decides to broach the subject of social responsibility by making pacts instead to help the community instead.  As the group agrees to this approach, the pacts definitely take on new approaches with each passing hole.

This short book is a very enjoyable read.  "Waggle" would also make a great gift for all of you who don't know what to get the golfers that you know for their birthdays, Father's Day and holidays.

Book Received at No Charge
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If you ever wanted the perfect gift for any golfer these golf balls are perfect. You can have anything inscribed on them which makes this gift unique. For me, it was seeing the look on my friends face when he opened the package and thought they were just regular golf balls and then saw that his name was inscribed on each ball. It was priceless. I highly suggest this as the ultimate gift for any golfer.
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Leadership and Golf is a fun read.  The story starts out at the golf range with a guy named AL who is ready to quit golf, instead he gets a golf lesson from a friend (Tom) who he meets on the driving range.
Golf wasn't Al's only problem, the pressures at work were also getting him down.  During the lesson Al learns that he needs to change his golf habits to improve his game, and his work habits to be successful in business.
It's not long before Al has the entire executive staff from his office, including the Chairman of the Board, out on the golf course with Tom and his son Bill.  They think they are getting a golf lesson, but they're not.
You'll have to read the story to understand how Leadership and Golf turns out.
This is a must read for management and executives.
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I've been golfing regularly for about eight years.  With this book I've finally found what I've been looking for.  After reading, learning and practicing the GRAVITY swing for one week, today I tested it on the course.  After hitting shot after shot with pure contact, I felt a sensation of confidence over the ball which I've never experienced.  It was an amazing feeling to hit the ball as far and sometimes farther than I normally do but with almost no effort and exertion.  I truly believe that in the upcoming weeks and months after doing the drills and becoming more proficient in this new swing, I will have a more powerful and consistent swing than ever before.  Now, if you're buying this book, you're probably trying to improve your full swing.  On the last hole of my round today, I hit a fifty yard pitch to within two feet for a birdie to win by one stroke!  Your chipping and especially your pitching will dramatically improve because the same principles apply!  David Lee deserves all the praise in the world for this contribution and I don't understand how he's not recognised as the top instructor of the sport.  I've read over fifteen instuctional books on golf but this is the ONE!  I wish it hadn't taken me this long to find this book, but now I've truely found the secret to golf.
1694639
This is a truly inspirational book, which focuses far more on life lessons than golf lessons.  This is a a great read... whether you are a golfer or not.
4646459
Top of the line golf club. Callaway has done an excellent job creating an iron that is so close to being a blade with so much forgiveness. They are long... very long. Ball really jumps off the face.
3442018
First I should say you don't have to be a golf fan to read this book, because their is a lot more than golf going on. The game and the Prairie Winds golf course are the backdrop for the story. J.W. Shroeder has been a golf fanatic his whole life. J-dub, as he is called decides against the pro circuit and becomes partners with Lew as owners of Prairie Winds. J Dub is a fairly honest man and his partner Lew is about as opposite as you could be and J Dub is finding that out the hard way. This is the first book in this series and I will be reading two more in the collection. I found the book interesting and if you are a fan of golf, law and corruption, grab this.
1028427
I have always been somewhat partial to TaylorMade and Nike for my golf balls. Now that Nike is pulling out of the golf equipment game, I was very excited to experience the greatness of this ball. It checked up around the green nicely, long and straight drives off the tee, and had a good trajectory. Will be playing these for as long as I can still buy them.
1945100
I owned one of these clubs several years ago but lost it in a move. During my planning to golf with coworkers I realized that having one would be in my best interest. My first few swings immediately showed me where my swing had become faulty again. My recollection of how much the previous club helped my game has me looking forward to seeing how much improvement I see again.
4741383
When I play the comptuer game I feel like I am playing real golf.  I'd rather play real golf but when I cannot do that this game is a good substitute.  If you look on the internet there are many many courses for you to download after you buy the game.  The free download courses are bettter than the ones you get with tha game. Enjoy this 5 stars.
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Intrigued by the books premise and impressed by the esteemed critical acclaim on the cover, I picked up this book on a recent trip to the United States. I laughed, I cried, and I cried laughing as I read the book cover to cover on the 7 hour plane ride back to England.  My only regret is that I didn't buy more than one copy, as my friends and the the friends of my friends are now waiting eagerly to read the book which (as yet) doesn't have a UK relese date!

Tom's self disciplined, determined quest to fulfil his dream, is the keystone of the book.  However, it is the obstacles he encountered and his responses to them that provide the comedy, the tragedy and ultimately a love story about golf and a girl.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who has ever tried to play golf; the husbands, wives, boyfriends and girlfriends of anyone who plays golf; and to anyone who had a dream and motivated themselves to do something about it.
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Golf can be both a beautiful and cruel game at the same time. Whether it is the joy of seeing Tom Watsons chip into the 17th hole at the US Open in 1982 or the questionable behavior of players and fans after the United States won the 1999 Ryder Cup, one cannot dispute the unique stories that are created from the sport.  Jim Moriarty captures these emotions and more in this collection of twelve essays of the sport.

Covering the time period from the early 1980s to the present, Moriarty writes on a wide range of topics.  In addition to Watson and that historic Ryder Cup victory, he writes about the humanity of the game by describing the path taken to greatness by some of the games biggest names:  Phil Mickelson, John Daly, the late Payne Stewart, Juli Inkster and Tiger Woods. However, the topics that one would expect when writing about those golfers are not what he covers.  For example, the essay on Inkster concentrates on her reflections on many of the greats in womens gold such as Kathy Whitworth and Judy Rankin. Stewarts chapter is as much about his struggles with attention deficit disorder as much as his championships.  Woods even gets a fresh look, which is mighty difficult considering his professional and personal life has been scrutinized by many.

All of this would not be possible without the fresh writing by Moriarty. Having written on the sport for over 30 years, he takes that experience and his observations and crafts them together to bring together a collection of essays that any golf fan or player will enjoy. Blessed with a talent for excellent storytelling, the reader will feel like he or she has personally known the players covered in the book for many years.  The book is a treat to read and is one that can be pulled off the shelf later and still be as fresh as that ball that just fell into the cup.