Playing Partners: A Father, a Son, and Their Shared Addiction to Golf - Hardcover

Peper, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446527076 ISBN 13: 9780446527071

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

The editor-in-chief of Golf magazine examines the friendship that took root while he and his son set out to dispel the myth that golf is a good walk spoiled.




Teenagers are notorious for differences with their parents, but George Peper has been lucky to share a special friendship with his 18-year-old son, Scott. For the past decade, the two have bonded over a mutual passion for golf, spending hundreds of hours together they would never have enjoyed if not for their love of chasing around a little white ball. Now, Peper examines their relationship, analyzing how their roles have morphed from faultless father and worshipful son to teacher and pupil, dictator and insurgent, and ultimately, target and assassin, as son tries to outscore father over 18 holes. In an endearing portrait, George Peper hits on the universal lessons of life, love, and golf-as he's learned them from his teenage son.

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About the Author

George Peper, who was editor-in-chief of Golf Magazine for 25 years, has written, co-written, or edited 17 books, including Artisan’s 500 World’s Greatest Golf Holes and Greg Norman’s Shark Attack. George divides his time between Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Reviews

Recently retired Golf Magazine editor-in-chief Peper tells a familiar story--about fathers and sons playing golf together--but he manages to avoid the pot bunkers of sentimentality that usually snare similarly inspired memoirists. Peper's story is different because his lens is not always turned to soft focus. Yes, there are the expected teary moments of greenside bonding between Peper and his younger son, Scott, who caught the golf bug at age eight, but those moments are earned by the rest of the story: Peper honestly appraises how his "golf addiction" caused him to be an absentee father to his older son and even, to some degree, an absentee husband. And, yet, Peper also shows the remarkable way that golf brings generations together, overcoming not only the usual trappings of adolescent rebellion but also--and more importantly--the parenting limitations of a fumbling father. This moving but always grounded memoir will strike deep chords for anyone who ever teed it up with Dad. Bill Ott
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Edition details

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446527076
• ISBN 13: 9780446527071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272