Golf's Supershots

PEPER, George

Sports & Outdoors

Hutchinson

One of the funniest, most beloved, and most often quoted entertainers in the world tells his tale of Life and Golf and somehow surviving both--one pilgrim's bemused path through the doglegs. With his brilliant creation, groundskeeper Carl Spackler, and the outrageous success of the film Caddyshack firmly etched into the American consciousness, Bill Murray and golf have become synonymous. Now Bill tells the hilarious tale behind the tale. The love of the game was with Bill long before Carl uttered the now famous words, "Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper and now about to become the Masters champion." Born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois, Bill felt the lure of the links at a tender age. Following his older brothers Ed and Brian into the rarified world of private country club golf as a caddy, Bill learned life lessons at the caddyshack. "How to smoke, curse, play cards. But more important, when to." And long before he caught the acting and writing bug, Bill protected the Evanston Community Golf Course from gophers and golfers as a greenskeeper: "There must be a bent chromosome somewhere in man that urges him to wound that which he cannot conquer--" And throughout his career, the pull of the links has been constant. A summa cum laude graduate of golf school, specializing in the flop shot, Bill's escapades on the Pro-Am golf circuit, at Augusta National, and as a fan at the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the Western Open make for an irresistible read. Filled with the kind of deadpan and dead-on hilarity that only Bill Murray could create, Cinderella Story is an up-by-the-bootstraps chronicle of a man, his muse, and his critical examination of our society's fascination with a little white ball.

Cinderella Story: My Life in Golf

Murray, Bill

Biographies & Memoirs

DOUBLEDAY

Teenagers are notorious for differences with their parents, but the author has been lucky to share a special friendship with his 18-year-old son, Scott.

Playing Partners: A Father, a Son, and Their Shared Addiction to Golf

Biographies

Grand Central Publishing

WARNER BOOKS

Professional golf champion Greg Norman reveals the techniques that have made him a success, discusses his "agressive" approach to the game, and offers tips on basic techniques, strategies, and equipment

Shark Attack!: Greg Norman's Guide to Aggressive Golf

Reference

Norman, Greg

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Fireside

1982. FIRST EDITION. 2MM tear on dust jacket.

Golf's supershots: How the pros played them--how you can play them

Golf

Atheneum

Golf's Supershots: How the Pros Played Them - How You Can Play Them

Holiday House

The former editor-in-chief of Golf magazine and author of The Secret of Golf shares his experiences of retiring to a house alongside the venerable Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, on a personal journey during which his wife renovated their new seven-room home and he pursued a goal of breaking par. 50,000 first printing.

Two Years in St. Andrews: At Home on the 18th Hole

Simon&Schuster

The Old Course at St. Andrews is the great hallowed ground of golf, and it was there that George Peper was playing in 1983 when he hit a slice so hideous that he never found the ball. But in looking for it, he came across a for sale sign on a stone town house alongside the famed 18th hole. Two months later he and his wife, Libby, became the proud owners of 9A Gibson Place. The Old Course at St. Andrews is the great hallowed ground of golf, and it was there that George Peper was playing in 1983 when he hit a slice so hideous that he never found the ball. But in looking for it, he came across a for sale sign on a stone town house alongside the famed 18th hole. Two months later he and his wife, Libby, became the proud owners of 9A Gibson Place. Twenty years later, they moved in and settled in the “Auld Grey Toon,” in the land of golf, single malt scotch, haggis, bagpipes, and television licenses, where the neighbors had accents thicker than a North Sea fog. When he isn't attempting to break par on the Old Course, Peper immerses himself in the local golf culture: He learns the rituals for ordering a drink at the Royal &amp; Ancient Golf Club (est. 1754), where he becomes the first American elected to the Club Committee; endures homesickness (in the form of “Pre-Masters Post-Partum Syndrome”); and meets intriguing locals such as his neighbor Gordon Murray, quite possibly the only caddie to store his caddie bib in the trunk of a Mercedes, and Wee Raymond Gatherum, a magnificent shotmaker whose diminutive stature belies his skills. Wry, warm, and witty, St. Andrews Sojourn will delight anyone who has played—or dreamed of playing—the Old Course.

St. Andrews Sojourn: St. Andrews Sojourn

47 Holy Grails—or, the Last Instruction Book You'll Ever Need The X-Factor. The Gate. Golf-O-Metrics and Square-to-Square, Tour Tempo and the Pinch. For every golfer, at every level, hope springs eternal—that there's a secret or two out there that will take your game to an entirely new level. Well here they are—forty-seven revolutionary keys to playing golf extremely well. Culled from teachers, players, pioneers, scientists, savants, and obsessives, George Peper's The Secret of Golf addresses every aspect of the game, from mechanics to what's inside the golfer's head. Includes hundreds of instructional photographs and diagrams.

The Secret of Golf: A Century of Groundbreaking, Innovative, and Occasionally Outlandish Ways to Master the World's Most Vexing Game

Workman Publishing Company

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