Icelandic fishermen turned investment bankers. Greeks do not pay taxes. Irish property developers grossly overbuilt with bankers support. Germans believed Americans. Wall Street gambled and almost sunk the world’s financial ship. Boomerang is a startling book to read and I sense a deja vu. We have not learned from past mistakes. I stared at the…
Thanks for sending Dream Golf Ross. He recently had the privilege to play at Bandon’s courses and had a phenomenal time. This book delves into Mike Keiser’s vision of creating links golf on the southern coast of Oregon. He went against the grain to bring a bit of Ireland and Scotland to North America. Course…
I just finished reading a book by Lee Kravitz entitled, Unfinished Business: One Man’s Extraordinary Year of Trying to do the Right Things and it certainly makes you reflect on your own life. After losing his job he takes a year to re-connect with those dear to him. Who do you want to reach out…
After watching Jordan Spieth’s compelling victory at the Open Championship, I thought reading Joe Posnanski’s, The Secret of Golf was timely . The book delves into the rivalry and friendship of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. It is interesting to see how their respective relationships with their fathers were very different and influenced who they…
Just finished reading Tiger’s new book. I found the latter part the most interesting. He dissects the “Tiger proofing” changes at Augusta National following his dramatic 1997 Masters win. Tiger discusses his passion for links golf and traditions and thinks the ball goes too far. Yes, it goes through the Masters week. Stories on his…
A must book to read is Thomas Friedman’s new one entitled, Thank You for Being Late http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/thank-you-for-being-late/. I found it fascinating and very informative. With technology, globalization and climate change accelerating at a dizzying rate this book will help you better understand the complexities of our world and the author offers solutions. It will be…
Golfers wanting to master their mental game will enjoy reading Dr Joe Parent’s, Zen Golf http://www.zengolf.com. Dr. Joe is a Shivas Irons Societty colleague of mine and I found his advice to play in the present a welcoming insight along with many other pointers. Highly recommended.
Richard Russell’s, My Baby Got the Yips is one of the funniest golf books I have read. I especially like his Putting Is an Unfathomable Bugger parts. He shares stories about characters on his home course of Sunningdale and his failures as a golfer. Moe Norman, Nick Faldo and Ian Baker-Finch have sections written about…
For those who appreciate an entertaining golf book and enjoy reading books like The Legend of Bagger Vance, Zen Golf and Golf in the Kingdom then you will enjoy Josh Karp’s, Straight Down the Middle
For those who have enjoyed reading Dan Jenkins over his prolific writing career you will want to pick up his newest Unplayable Lies . This is a compilation of short pieces of new and older golf material. His funny anecdotes and mock interviews of golfers and events keep engaged. I especially like his look at…