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1) Fangirl down
Author
Series
Big shots volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Wells Whitaker was once golf's hottest rising star, but lately, all he has to show for his "promising" career is a killer hangover, a collection of broken clubs, and one remaining supporter. No matter how bad he plays, the beautiful, sunny redhead is always on the sidelines. He curses, she cheers. He scowls, she smiles. But when Wells quits in a blaze of glory and his fangirl finally goes home, he knows he made the greatest mistake of his life. Josephine...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
"Grab your clubs and head to the putting green to learn about the greatest golfers of all time! Readers will discover exciting stats and information about golfing's biggest stars"--
5) Tiger Woods
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods's life Benedict and Keteyian construct a psychological profile of an African-American child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Raymond "Stick" Hart's life is turned upside down when his hated blue-blooded father drops dead, his friend loses money to a hustler funded by the Russian mob, his wife throws him out, and he must qualify for the British Open to solve his problems.
8) Teeing off: players, techniques, characters, experiences, & reflections from a lifetime inside golf
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A collection of 101 stories for golfers and fans, with true stories from professional players, caddies, PGA management and staff. Stories are inspirational, humorous, and cover the gamut of golf from stories about playing to camaraderie, family fun, and personal stories about famous players.
Author
Publisher
Northland Press
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
When the Bar X Ranch cowhands got the golfing bug, there were no halfway measures in the design of its course. The shortest hole is 15 miles with a par of 300. You get the picture: a hilarious account of golf in the southwest and a classic book. This is the reprint edition by Northland Press following the 1960 first edition which went quickly out of print and became very expensive for Santee followers. Nice copy, tightly bound, no names or other markings,...
14) Men in green
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Was golf better (to use one of Tiger's favorite phrases) back in the day? In [this book], Michael Bamberger, who fell for the game as a teenager in its wild Sansabelt-and-persimmon 1970s heyday, goes on a quest to try to find out. The result is a candid, nostalgic, intimate portrait of golf's greatest generation--then and now"--Dust jacket flap.
16) The squeeze
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A young golf phenom, Augie Baccus, struggles to provide for his mom and sister in rural Texas. When a flashy gambler, Riverboat, rolls into town, he instantly sees the potential for a big payoff. The two join forces and start hustling all the way to Las Vegas. Augie is totally out of his element as he contemplates his chances, win or lose, it's bad news for him.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The protagonist of this metaphysical fable is Rannulph Junah, Southern aristocrat and World War I hero. In a tournament in Savannah, he defeats two golf pros by following the teachings of his guru, Bagger Vance, a black mystic serving as his caddie.