- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollinsWillow (24 July 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002184982
- ISBN-13: 978-0002184984
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,878,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An anthology of humorous golf stories on subjects close to the author's heart. He talks about the best and worst things in golf, his quest for the perfect driver, what is needed when returning to golf after a long day off and how to avoid getting totally addicted to the game.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The best of one of golf's best writers
23 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
Funny stories from this talented writer and lover of the game. Having followed golf from such a priviledged and close position, what makes Jenkins writing so enjoyable to me is his historical perspective. This guy can really put the contemporary players into historical perspective for us.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Conversation with Dan Jenkins
1 April 2007
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
It is important to remember what this book is...it is not a history of golf, though it does have some historical aspects about it. It is a collection of the best writing of one of golf's all-time best writers.
It's funny, humorous and, at times, touching...it is not designed to be golf history...
The book is best read and enjoyed when read as if one is sitting around a table with Dan and his friends, having a beer(s) and swapping stories. That's what it is really---ole Dan Jenkins, the best writer of his day,telling stories about how it once was, what made golf special then and lends to the specialness of golf today.
Take it for what it is, enjoy and remember how it was before metal woods, hot balls and the corporate takeover of golf. This is a book for old guys, those of us who remember and appreciate Hogan, Nelson, Palmer, Nicklaus, the old crowd.
Young fans of golf today, say 50 and younger, need to come to an appreciation of those men as icons of golf, then read this book to see and understand them as flesh and blood people, something more full and colorful than simple iconic figures.
This book has a place in golf history. It is about a time that has passed, a very human and humorous look at golf as it once was, a time that was pretty good to those of us who lived through it and appreciated it then---and now.
It's funny, humorous and, at times, touching...it is not designed to be golf history...
The book is best read and enjoyed when read as if one is sitting around a table with Dan and his friends, having a beer(s) and swapping stories. That's what it is really---ole Dan Jenkins, the best writer of his day,telling stories about how it once was, what made golf special then and lends to the specialness of golf today.
Take it for what it is, enjoy and remember how it was before metal woods, hot balls and the corporate takeover of golf. This is a book for old guys, those of us who remember and appreciate Hogan, Nelson, Palmer, Nicklaus, the old crowd.
Young fans of golf today, say 50 and younger, need to come to an appreciation of those men as icons of golf, then read this book to see and understand them as flesh and blood people, something more full and colorful than simple iconic figures.
This book has a place in golf history. It is about a time that has passed, a very human and humorous look at golf as it once was, a time that was pretty good to those of us who lived through it and appreciated it then---and now.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
"Laugh-out-loud" funny!
26 Aug 1998
Format:Paperback
Fairways and Greens provides a "laugh-out-loud funny", account of Jenkins experiences in the golf world over the past fifty some-odd years. An irreverent but often factually accurate account of the game of golf in general and many of the PGA's all-time heros, in particular.
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