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'Every weekend, thousands of otherwise rational men and women are cursing, kicking at divots and smashing expensively milled putters against the trunks of immovable hardwood trees. These players go home in a toxic funk to inflict gloom upon their loved ones until the following Saturday, when they rush back to the golf course and do it all over again.' In the summer of 2005, Carl Hiaasen picked up a golf club again for the first time in 32 years. He was not the best of players in 1973, and had certainly not got any younger in the intervening period. Undeterred, and weighed down by an increasing quantity of golf equipment and game-enhancing products acquired from adverts on "The Golf Channel", who can see a sucker coming, Carl was soon hacking and shanking his way around the courses of Florida, and his obsession with the sport was rekindled. Animals were harmed during the making of this book.Over the course of the next 18 months, Carl's game got better, then worse, then slightly better, then much worse again, and he even managed to jinx Tiger Woods. On the way to finally summoning up the courage to compete in an actual tournament himself, Carl details the hilarious consequences of his misguided belief that he could actually play the game. We also learn that Justin Timberlake has a better golf handicap (6) than Bob Dylan (17), that Eagle Trace golf course contains not one trace of an eagle, and that Mind Drive capsules are not necessarily a good idea. But through all the misery and frustration (save the odd glorious shot), golf took up residence in Carl's heart again. "Fairway to Hell" is the ultimate tale of the trials and tribulations of the amateur golfer, but also the heart-warming story of how the game brought together the generations of the Hiaasen family.
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In the summer of 2005, Carl Hiaasen picked up a golf club again for the first time in thirty-two years. He was not the best of players in 1973, and the intervening decades had not been kind to his physique. Undeterred, and weighed down by an increasing accumulation of golf gadgetry acquired from unscrupulous corporations who can see a sucker coming, Carl was soon shanking his way around the courses of Florida, and his obsession with the sport was rekindled.
Fairway to Hell is the hilarious account of Carl Hiaasen’s love-hate relationship with unruly drivers, temperamental putters and all the many hazards of the golf course – local wildlife included. Animals were, unfortunately, harmed during the making of this book. In the course of the next eighteen months, Carl’s game got better, then worse, then slightly better, then much worse again. He succeeded in drowning a golf cart in a pond, and even managed to jinx Tiger Woods.
'Every weekend, thousands of otherwise rational men and women are cursing, kicking at divots and smashing expensively milled putters against the trunks of immovable hardwood trees. These players go home in a toxic funk to inflict gloom upon their loved ones until the following Saturday, when they rush back to the golf course and do it all over again.' In the summer of 2005, Carl Hiaasen picked up a golf club again for the first time in 32 years. He was not the best of players in 1973, and had certainly not got any younger in the intervening period. Undeterred, and weighed down by an increasing quantity of golf equipment and game-enhancing products acquired from adverts on "The Golf Channel", who can see a sucker coming, Carl was soon hacking and shanking his way around the courses of Florida, and his obsession with the sport was rekindled. Animals were harmed during the making of this book.Over the course of the next 18 months, Carl's game got better, then worse, then slightly better, then much worse again, and he even managed to jinx Tiger Woods. On the way to finally summoning up the courage to compete in an actual tournament himself, Carl details the hilarious consequences of his misguided belief that he could actually play the game. We also learn that Justin Timberlake has a better golf handicap (6) than Bob Dylan (17), that Eagle Trace golf course contains not one trace of an eagle, and that Mind Drive capsules are not necessarily a good idea. But through all the misery and frustration (save the odd glorious shot), golf took up residence in Carl's heart again. "Fairway to Hell" is the ultimate tale of the trials and tribulations of the amateur golfer, but also the heart-warming story of how the game brought together the generations of the Hiaasen family.
From the Inside Flap
In the summer of 2005, Carl Hiaasen picked up a golf club again for the first time in thirty-two years. He was not the best of players in 1973, and the intervening decades had not been kind to his physique. Undeterred, and weighed down by an increasing accumulation of golf gadgetry acquired from unscrupulous corporations who can see a sucker coming, Carl was soon shanking his way around the courses of Florida, and his obsession with the sport was rekindled.
Fairway to Hell is the hilarious account of Carl Hiaasen’s love-hate relationship with unruly drivers, temperamental putters and all the many hazards of the golf course – local wildlife included. Animals were, unfortunately, harmed during the making of this book. In the course of the next eighteen months, Carl’s game got better, then worse, then slightly better, then much worse again. He succeeded in drowning a golf cart in a pond, and even managed to jinx Tiger Woods.
By the time he finally summoned up the courage to compete in an actual tournament, casting aside the damage to his self-esteem, Carl realized that he was part of one big golfing family. Fairway to Hell is the ultimate tale of the trials and tribulations of the amateur golfer, and quite simply the funniest golf memoir ever written.
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