Synopses & Reviews
"Soul soars....A graceful writer....Both a travel book and a boomer's lament that he is an aging Peter Pan in spikes". -- Sports Illustrated
"I loved this book. It's funny, irreverent, touching, and, best of all, true. Great stuff". -- James Dodson, author of Final Rounds
"A thrilling and revealing search through the fairways and roughs of America.... Ride shotgun with Hallberg and play a few holes.... "The Soul of Golf" is exciting, adventuresome, insightful". -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
One hot summer morning, William Hallberg set off on an journey across the United States to penetrate -- and illuminate -- the soul of golf. No course was too grand, no driving range too humble for a stop on his unpredictable tour. He tackled Kiawah Island's diabolical and breathtaking Ocean Course with a party of well-heeled Southern gents; tromped through sagebrush roughs and kikuyu bunkers in the Nevada outback -- and between games, nursed his wounds, pondered his constantly mutating handicap, and commiserated with fellow golfers.
Part travelogue, part memoir, part meditation, part paean to the greenest sport known to man, "The Soul of Golf" is truly an American odyssey.
Synopsis
One hot summer morning, William Hallberg sets off on an odyssey across the United States to penetrate--and illuminate--the soul of golf. No course is too grand, no driving range too humble for a stop on Hallberg's unpredictable tour of America's varying golf venues. He tackles Kiawah Island's diabolical and breathtaking Ocean Course with a party of well-heeled Southern gents. He tromps through sagebrush roughs in the Nevada outback. He encounters the ghost of a cherished golfing buddy during a memorable round in the Smokies. And between games he nurses his wounds, ponders his constantly mutating handicap, and commiserates with fellow golfers in dusky sports bars, greasy spoons, and rain-soaked motel parking lots.
Witty and wise, The Soul of Golf will make you laugh out loud, swallow hard in the face of painful truths, and, ultimately, head yet again for your favorite golf course where fate lies in ambush.