When Golf Was Fun - Softcover

Wheeler, Senior Lecturer In Literature Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985326344 ISBN 13: 9780985326340

Publisher: Austin Brothers Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

"When Golf was Fun" is a collection of tales from what is known as the "beer and barbecue circuit" of golf tournaments. These tournaments held in small town all across the state of Texas were not only the beginning of the careers of many great golfers but also produced some local legends. It was a time when golf was still a game, not a big business. This collection of 38 stories will entertain and amaze as you read first-hand accounts of some of the greatest exploits in the history of golf. You will read about local golf pros who are unknown outside of their local country club and you will also read about legends like Ben Crenshaw, Bruce Lietzke, Charles Coody, Miller Barber, Ben Hogan and others. Texas has a very rich golf history and much of it is captured in "When Golf was Fun." The late, great beer and barbecue circuit was a bygone era of Texas golf in which many Lone Star legends were born and raised but has since given way to the more civilized and organized golf industry we know today. Much like baseball's barnstorming days, the barbecue circuit was a series of unaffiliated events that brought an extremely high level of golf and excitement to tiny towns like Center and Athens; Quanah and Pampa-places you might otherwise never have known even existed.

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About the Author

Patrick Wheeler, Associate Professor, CBIZ MHM Scholar, teaches accounting information systems at the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has extensive training in databases and enterprise resource planning systems (SAP and Oracle Financials). Professor Wheeler received his Ph.D. in accounting from Georgia State University in 1999 and a B.A. with honors from the University of Florida in 1979. Professor Wheeler is a CPA with the Louisiana Society of CPA's and a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) with the American Institute of CPA's. His research, published in numerous journals and magazines worldwide, focuses on behavioral issues in information systems, especially in regard to the impact of computerized decision aids on business decision making. He received the "2007 Outstanding Research Paper Award" and the "2007 Finalist Research Paper Award" from the Information Systems (IS) section of the AAA. He won the "Outstanding IS Dissertation Award" at the 2001 AAA Annual Meeting and currently serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Information Systems and International Journal of Accounting Information Systems. He received the "2006 Outstanding Service Award" from the AAA IS Section. Professor Wheeler is active in the American Accounting Association (AAA), at both the national and regional levels, especially in the IS section as well as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Austin Brothers Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985326344
• ISBN 13: 9780985326340
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218