Synopses & Reviews
One of the funniest books ever published on its subject
Golfing, is back. And better than ever.
Now an avid golfer, Henry Beard brings the same passion for improvement to writing about golf as he does to playing it, and he's both added new definitions and rewritten many others. Like Whiff- "Familiar term widely misused to describe particularly fast and powerful style of practice swing intentionally made directly over the ball."
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Pitch. Shank. Sweet Spot. And the importance of a perfect lie.
INCLUDING:
Drive: the shot that comes after the whiff and before the mulligan
Sand trap: a deep depression filled with sand filled with golfers in a deep depression
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golfing
the art of using a flawed stance, a faulty grip, and an ugly swing to hit a small ball badly toward the wrong hole.
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This duffer's dictionary is the perfect gift for every insatiable hacker. 559,000 copies in print.
Beard and McKie lexicons have over 2.3 million copies in print.
About the Author
Henry Beard is the cofounder of National Lampoon. He is also the author of Golfing, Sailing and other well-defined dictionaries, as well as Zen for Cats, The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf and dozens of other books.Roy McKie illustrated all the well-defined dictionaries. He also illustrated many Dr. Seuss Beginning books, which have over 20 million copies in print.