The Soul of Golf - Softcover

Hallberg, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449002977 ISBN 13: 9780449002971

Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1998

Synopsis

With wit and a philosophical mind, the author recounts his odyssey across America in search of the true nature of golf and the skill needed to win, from the Ocean Course of Kiawah Island to the sagebrush roughs of Nevada. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

William Hallberg is the author of the golfing novel The Rub of the Green, and editor of an anthology of golf short stories entitled, Perfect Lies. His writing has appeared in Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, and the USGA centennial commemorative edition, Golf: The Greatest Game. An ardent golfer from earliest childhood, he has played the game with actors and rock stars, top-rated pros and old hackers, wild-eyed prodigies and gerontian Scottish ladies. He lives and golfs in Washington, North Carolina.

From the Inside Flap:

mer morning, William Hallberg, author of The Rub of the Green, sets off on an odyssey across the United States to penetrate--and illuminate--the soul of golf. No course is too grand, no driving range too humble for a stop on Hallberg's unpredictable tour of America's verdant and not-so-verdant golf venues. He tackles Kiawah Island's diabolical and breathtaking Ocean Course with a party of well-heeled Southern gents. He tromps through sagebrush roughs and kikuyu bunkers in the Nevada outback. He encounters the ghost of a cherished golfing buddy during a memorable round in the Smokies. And between games he nurses his wounds, ponders his constantly mutating handicap, and commiserates with fellow golfers in dusky sports bars, greasy spoons, and rain-soaked motel parking lots.

No one writes about golf the way William Hallberg does. His zest, passion, and humor inform each page of this book, which, using golf as both its means and metaphor, explores what it is to be a man in America. The Soul o

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0449002977
• ISBN 13: 9780449002971
• Binding: Paperback