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Thank God It's Monday!
CARPET GRAIN, POTTED GORSE, AND THE PLEASURES OF A BOARDROOM DOGLEG
Sanctioned by the O.O.G.A. (Official Office Golf Association), here is everything the employed golfer needs to transform hallways into fairways and water coolers into water hazards. Includes full instructions and rules, dozens of illustrations, punch-out holes, a historical time line, and strategies for not getting caught by non-playing managers. Because what you do for a living shouldn't get in the way of what you do to feel alive.
THE DOOR LOB
Shooting past the office of an unsympathetic executive takes confidence, and it should never be attempted on uncarpeted floors. If you don't think you can pull it off, either take your chances on going low or settle for a different route to the hole.
SPOTTING FELLOW OFFICE GOLFERS
The 26 tell-tale signs. Common hand signals used to convene a foursome. Take Our Putters to Work Day.
COURSE DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION
The teeing ground. Cubicle holes and CEO holes. The six foot rule.
TURF MANAGEMENT
Hardwood, marble, tile, linoleum, cut Berber, Saxony Plush, level-loop pile, and shag. Carpet grain and the art of vacuuming. How to make your own Stimpmeter.
EQUIPMENT and ACCESORIES
Couchies, fiscus woods, and the wall wedge. Club concealment. Swing oil.
FUNDAMENTALS
Putt or chip? Essential shots, including the sofa-cushion explosion and ceiling carom.
SPORTSMANSHIP and THE RULES
Searching for balls. Searching for players. Glass hazards, including fire alarm boxes. Dents, divots, dings, and scrapes.
Includes 9-HOLE OFFICE GOLF COURSE
Tee-time is now: Bound into the book are 9 color punch-out, reusable golf holes; an Official Office Golf Association membership card; a customized bag tag; and three O.O.G.A. scorecard templates.
Synopsis
75,000 copies in printSynopsis
It's finally here: golf for the office! No more Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 angst. No more interminably dreary Februarys. No more staring out the window on the first warm days of Spring, aching to be somewhere else. Now, hours once wasted planning, managing, manufacturing, selling, marketing, lawyering, and accounting can be put to productive use in putting, driving, and chipping. From how to set up a course in the conference room to facing a stairwell hazard--over or down?--
The Complete Office Golf shows how to make a job seem like something you wouldn't mind doing for a living.
Profusely illustrated with instructional line art and photographs, Office Golf has it all: how to identify other obsessive, yet clandestine, golfers in the workplace (they refer to hallways as fairways and practice their Vardon grips on rulers); course design, including potted plants, water coolers, and other hazards; turf management; the short game--desk lobs, deciding whether to go under or over; specialized clubs; plus how to turn a supply closet into the essential 19th hole.
Bound into this eminently functional book are 12 color cardstock pages with 9 punch-out, reusable golf holes; a USOGA membership card; a bag tag; and a scorecard template.
About the Author
David Owen plays office golf at the New Yorker, where he is a staff writer, and at Golf Digest, where he is a contributing editor. Mr. Owen's previous books include My Usual Game, Lure of the Links (as co-editor), and The Making of the Masters. His grass golf handicap is 7; his office golf handicap is 0.5.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
THE JOY OF of OFFICE GOLF
Reimagining Work
The Five Best Fields for Office Golf
The Five Worst Fields for Office Golf
What is Office Golf?
A Different Game
Beyond the Office
Support the O.O.G.A.
CHAPTER TWO
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY of OFFICE GOLF
Important Moments in the History of Office Golf
CHAPTER THREE
TWOSOMES, THREESOMES, FOURSOMES, WORKSOMES
The Telltale Signs of an Office Golf Fanatic
Office Golf Semaphore
Office Golf Handicaps
Comparison of Handicaps
Great Places to Play Office Golf
Dilemma
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Office Golfers
CHAPTER FOUR
OFFICE GOLF COURSE DESIGN and CONSTRUCTION
Home Office Golf
Styles of Courses
Setting Up an Office Golf Course
Strategic Architecture
Penal Architecture
Links Architecture
A Word About Greens
Guidelines for Placing Office Golf Holes
The Teeing Ground
A Permanent Alternative
Fairways
Optimizing Personal Space
Setting of Par
Hazards
Vegetation
Of Gorse!
The Anatomy of an Office Golf Course
Ceiling Height
CHAPTER FIVE
TURF MANAGEMENT
Principal Floor Covering Types and Their Office Golf Applications
The Breaks
How to Test the Break of Your Office Floor
Carpet Installation
Grain
Turf Maintenance
A Radical Proposal
How Do the Greens in Your Office Measure Up?
How to Make Your Own Office Golf Stimpmeter
CHAPTER SIX
EQUIPPING the OFFICE GOLFER
Clubs: Using What You Have
Clubs: Specialty Clubs
Making Your Own Office Golf Clubs
Bringing Your Clubs to Work
Hiding Your Clubs from Prying Eyes
Balls
How to Make a Ball in an Emergency
Accessories
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE MODERN FUNDAMENTALS of OFFICE GOLF
A Nice Day for Office Golf
To Putt of Not to Putt?
The Essential Shots of Office Golf
Practice
Your Office Is Filled with Practice Aids
CHAPTER EIGHT
SPORTSMANSHIP: RULES and ETIQUETTE
The Rules of Office Golf
Selected Rules
Decisions on the Rules of Office Golf
Office Golf Etiquette
Gamesmanship
Cheating
Courtesy to the Course
CHAPTER NINE
GAMES and COMPETITIONS
The Games
Organizing an Office Golf Championship
The Inner Game of Office Golf
Organizing Other Competitions
A Better World
HOW TO USE the OFFICE GOLF HOLES
The Holes
The Membership Kit