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|  | | The New Yorker Book of Golf Cartoons
Tee up for laughter with 100 pages of hilarious golf cartoons from The New Yorker magazine! "If you're so enlightened, how come you can't lick that slice?..." . Hardcover.
Robert Mankoff (Editor)
Bloomberg Press
| | |  | | Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies (Hardcover)
Charles Lindsay's photographs offer a humorous and inquisitive foray into the hazards of lost golf balls - rough, woods, bunkers and wetlands - as well as unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. An avid golfer, he photographs his way to the heart of the matter with a light touch and an eye for telling details. In the process he discovers balls ravaged by golfers, 'gators and foxes. Lindsay even comes face to face with what is believed to be the world's oldest golf ball - unearthed in a cellar in the Netherlands alongside a primitive club - and the infamous spot in the tall grass where Tiger Woods lost a ball that cost him the British Open. There are photographs from golf courses all over the world. The Foreword by John Updike is a celebration of golf and nature and why the two are not always compatible. A humorous anecdote by Greg Norman and quotes from other well-known golfers and celebrities also appear throughout the book.
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch (May 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821261851
• ISBN-13: 978-0821261859
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 10.1 x 0.7 inches
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| | |  | | Extreme Golf: The World's Most Unusual, Fantastic and Bizarre Courses (Hardcover)
Extreme Golf is a captivating journey through the world’s most geographically extreme, climatically challenging, dangerous and uniquely designed courses.
From the sweltering courses of the desert to the freezing ice golf championships in Greenland, and from the erotically shaped bunkers in lush surroundings in France to the harsh surfaces in Kabul, golf is clearly no longer the elite sport it once was. Today’s golfers (at least the ones not wearing plaid pants) are looking for the extreme-where the rough is patrolled by wild animals and the greens are sometimes white.
This lushly illustrated book features more than 200 breathtaking and often hilarious photographs capturing the true spirit of extreme golf, accompanied by light-hearted and engaging text. Including an appendix listing the unusual courses around the world (in case you’d like to make a tee time), Extreme Golf’s chapters include:
• Location, Location, Location (out of the way places in the world)
• Courses for Concern (difficult due to geographic oddities)
• Golf by Design (in which the course designer influences the extreme setup)
• In the Rough (really hard courses in really strange places)
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402203144
• ISBN-13: 978-1402203145
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
| | |  | | Golf's 100 Toughest Holes (Hardcover)
Each year during the Players Championship spectators gather at the 17th hole of the TPC at Sawgrass to see who will sink or swim. With water awaiting a miss in any direction, the tee shot is indeed a scary one-especially if the wind is blowing.
The 17th at the Old Course at St. Andrews may be the only hole in the world that requires players to drive over a building in order to reach the fairway. Terror awaits at the green in the form of a devilish bunker from which even the best players may need several strokes to escape.
These and 98 other confounding, challenging holes-selected by noted golf writer Chris Millard as the toughest in the world-are the subject of this engaging, informative golf book. First-rate photography brings out the beauty to be found in these beasts. In putting together this authoritative list and explaining what makes each hole so difficult, Millard draws upon his own knowledge as well as statistical data and consultations with other experts. His choices will be spur discussion and debate among avid golfers for years to come.
• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810950103
• ISBN-13: 978-0810950108
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.7 x 1 inches
| | |  | | Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game (Hardcover)
“The lessons in Zen Golf make the mental game seem so simple. Dr. Parent has given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture.”
-Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion
“Soothing and enlightening, Zen Golf exposes us to the storm-tossed waters of the golfer's psyche, but in short order, Dr. Parent has us bobbing easily amidst the waves.”
-Guy Yocum, Senior Writer for Golf Digest
“There’s no other book like this one. If you want to know what has gotten in the way of playing better and what you can do about it, look no further.”
-Mike “Radar” Reid, PGA Tour Winner
“Doc’s unique teaching methods helped me to concentrate and to go from the range to the first tee in a way that gets my round off to a much better start.”
-Willie Wood, PGA Tour Winner
“Dr. Parent’s use of golf as a metaphor for business is full of great insights that have helped our staff grow as people and professionals.”
-David Hausdorff, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Private Client Group
“Here is a roadmap to inner confidence, self-awareness and the feel of a purely struck golf shot. This approach to learning and life is a wonderful and powerful expression of the future for golf instruction.”
-Fred Shoemaker, author of Extraordinary Golf and co-teacher of Golf in the Kingdom seminars with Michael Murphy
• Hardcover: 204 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (May 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385504462
• ISBN-13: 978-0385504461
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
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