- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (Jan 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312289170
- ISBN-13: 978-0312289171
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,020,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I could not have known it at the time, but the dramatic heart of this book began beating on the first tee of the Woodland Golf Club during opening-round play of the 1973 Massachusetts Open. Read the first page
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3.2 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Q Review, 18 Jan 2000
By jcw@teleport.com - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Q School Confidential (Hardcover)
If you've ever watched golf on television and thought "Yeah, I can do that," it's time to read Dave Gould's excellent, insightful, and entertaining account of how guys like you would really go about trying to qualify for the PGA Tour. Gould's stories and observations are funny and poignant, and his book captures all the drama and comedy of the people crazy and dedicated enough to try to earn a living playing professional golf. A must read for anyone who's ever thought that maybe, with a little more practice . . .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Good facts, poorly edited..., 5 Feb 2007
By Happy to be Here - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Q School Confidential: Inside Golf's Cruelest Tournament (Paperback)
While there are interesting facts to be gleaned from this book, it is way too disjointed to read comfortably. I literally got lost as I was reading more than a few times in the first couple of chapters alone, as the author jumps around without properly tying the disparate parts of a story into a cohesive narrative. I gave up trying to read the book in its natural order, and jumped around in search of points of interest.I get the sense that the author went back and forth while editing the book, and somehow got lost himself when he tried to add more sub-stories within each chapter. If there was no professional editor for this book, then that explains the quality of the final product.
Final Analysis: It is very difficult to read, but some of the stories and facts are worth the price of the book. It's just too bad that the reader has to work so hard to find them.
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Well-written, but a little heavy, 24 July 2001
By Robert Graves - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Q School Confidential (Hardcover)
Gould is an excellent writer and researcher and this book shows it. The book definitely gives a satisfactory overview of Q School, whether you are just curious about it or a potential qualifier. The problem is that the book goes into far greater depth than the typical reader will care about and I found myself skimming large portions of it. I think most readers expected a book that dealt with today's Q School, how it works, and colorful anecdotes from the past years.However, the book is bloated with the school's history which I was not particularly interested in. In fact, the greater part of the book focused on the history, rather than the contemporary structure, which is what most of us are curious about.
There isn't anything else like this out there to my knowledge, so if you are really curious about Q School then by all means buy it. But be prepared for less info about contemporary players you know and love, and more about the obscure and confusing history of Q School.
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