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An anthology of stories and articles profiles the great courses and the best players, but most of all the spirit of the game, where both the pro and the hack can appreciate the beauty and frustration of the sport.
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"For most of us," writes Owen in his introduction to Lure of the Links, "golf improves in retrospect." So does much of the best writing on the game, and there's plenty of good writing packed into this sweeping collection, which includes short stories by John Updike, profiles by Al Laney and Herbert Warren Wind, reportage by Dan Jenkins and Thomas Boswell, and a pair of essays by the incomparable Bernard Darwin. Golf may be the most elusive of all games to play well, but the angst and camaraderie it engenders has a way of conspiring to produce a sporting literature as grand as the vistas of Pebble Beach and as challenging as the Road Hole at St. Andrews.
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"A must have for any golfer's library."-Fort Worth Star-Telegram In "The Glory Game at Goat Hills," Dan Jenkins recounts how he and an irrepressible band of rogues play year in and year out on a windy, stone-hard course in Fort Worth. It's a gambling game. They play the course backward, out-of-bounds except for the greens, and pursue other preposterous challenges that will amuse all golf addicts. Herbert Warren Wind creates a vivid portrait of the Old Course at St. Andrews with its rugged coastal vistas and venerable traditions; and Thomas Boswell explores the challenges of Pebble Beach, including the infamous seventh hole along the Pacific Ocean, known as Cardiac Cliffs. Also included are pieces by John Updike, George Plimpton, Stephen Leacock, Robert T. Jones, Jr., and many others. With humor and insight Lure of the Links rejoices in the magic and mystery of golf.
Contributors include:
Dave Anderson o Sarah Ballard o Ethan Canin o Marcia Chambers o Bernard Darwin o Peter Dobereiner o Dan Jenkins o Robert T. Jones, Jr. o Ward Just o James Kaplan o Stephen Leacock o Michael Murphy o Harvey Penick o George Plimpton o Gene Sarazen o John Updike o Herbert Warren Wind
"With whimsical tales from such heroes as Gene Sarazen and Robert Trent Jones, Jr., and fiction from the likes of John Updike, this book has it all. . . . An enjoyable collection . . . rich with laughter and emotion. This is the type of book you can always come back to."-Fort Worth Star-Telegram
David Owen is a staff writer at The New Yorker and a contributing editor at Golf Digest. His most recent book is My Usual Game: Adventures in Golf. An enthusiastic golfer, Joan Bingham is executive editor at Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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- PublisherAtlantic Monthly Pr
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0871136856
- ISBN 13 9780871136855
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages384
- EditorOwen David, Bingham Joan
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