WISE WORDS FOR GOLFERS

A companion to the Pavilion book, Advice to Writers; A light-hearted look at the world of golf over the last century; Includes quotes from some of the golfing and celebrity worlds' most famous names; Golf is the sport of kings, presidents and gluttons for punishment. For centuries it has exhilarated - and frustrated - anyone who has ever picked up a club. It is a game full of contradictions. Indeed, to the serious golfer, it's more than a game - it's an obsession, a passion, an addiction, and a curse. In Wise Words for Golfers professionals and amateurs, the famous and infamous, share their observations, witticisms and anecdotes. In sections ranging from 'Legends of the Game' to 'Golf - the Exasperating Game', Dale Concannon cleverly mixes literary insights from some of the game's greatest writers - including Bernard Darwin, Horace Hutchinson and Herb Warren Wind - with little-known but astonishing facts, quirky illustrations and quotes from golfers in all walks of life.
There is wise - and not so wise - advice from revered champions ('Golf is a way of testing ourselves while enjoying ourselves', Arnold Palmer), sceptics ('Golf is a good walk spoiled', Mark Twain) and those for whom golf is just huge fun ('On one hole I'm like Arnold Palmer, and on the next like Lilli Palmer', Sean Connery). Wise Words for Golfers deals with golf in all its frustrations, joys and idiosyncrasies; it is a book no lover of the 'royal and ancient game' will want to put down.