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Author Brumer, Andy

Title The poetics of golf / Andy Brumer
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 210 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1. Golf as Memoir; Taking it Back Inside; Night Golf; Sam; Girls and Golf in Pinehurst; Golfless in Berkeley; Pure Wine; Cheating at Golf; Part 2. Lives of the Golfers; What Do Golfers Want?; Pro-trait #1: Arnold Palmer; Light My Fivewood; Pro-trait #2: Jack Nicklaus; The Meaning of Tiger Woods; Pro-trait #3: Bobby Jones; Pro-trait #4: John Daly; Pro-trait #5: Charles Howell III; Mike Austin, "Mr. 515"; Pro-trait #6: Gary Player; Pro-trait #7: Fred Couples; Big Shots at Bighorn (July 31, 2002); Pro-trait #8: Craig Stadler
Summary Explores the links between golf and life by way of art and literature, philosophy and psychology. This book features various players - including Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sorenstam and Arnold Palmer. It also offers an unconventional look at the intricacies of the golf swing, course architecture and golfing equipment
Notes English
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Subject Golf -- Miscellanea
Golfers.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Golf.
Golf
Golfers
Genre/Form Trivia and miscellanea
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803213647
0803213646
1281092177
9781281092175
9786611092177
661109217X