A golfer's education / by Darren Kilfara.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Kilfara, Darren, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Kilfara, Darren, 1974-.
• University of St. Andrews.
• Golfers--United States--Biography.
• Golfers.
• Golf.
• United States.
• University of St. Andrews--Golf.
• Harvard University--Golf.
• Harvard University.

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

326 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2001.

Summary:

• Darren Kilfara had a Scheme -- to study abroad at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, allegedly to write a thesis on the history of golf. It was foolproof. He would enroll at the school, attend a few classes, earn a year's worth of university credit, and thereby become eligible for a student pass to the golf courses of St. Andrews -- including the Old course, arguably the most famous golf course in the world -- for the low, low price of $150 for the year. A perfect plan, so of course it went awry.
• A Golfer's Education is the true story of a young man, once a member of Harvard's golf team and a former writer for Golf Digest, who began his year in St. Andrews as an intense, uptight golfer willing to do anything to play a great course and ended it a changed man and a better golfer in ways unmeasurable by a scorecard.
• This charming and funny book chronicles Kilfara's year in Scotland playing the finest golf courses in the country; learning that the Scots see golf as a reflection of their democratic ideals; discovering the subcultures of Scottish golf (drunken bohemian street golf, homeless golf fanatics, betting parlors, and poetic BBC golf commentators); falling in love with a Scottish woman; and finally overcoming his obsession with scores and handicaps to love the simplicity of the game.
• Kilfara possesses a substantial knowledge of the game and of golf course architecture and is a perceptive, insightful guide to the great golf courses of Scotland. At the same time, he has created a timeless story of an irreverent young man, realizing his dreams in the birthplace of his sport.

Contents:

• 1. Finding My Thrill 9
• 2. Putting On Appearances 18
• 3. Something Old, Something New 36
• 4. Melville Mates 53
• 5. The Cruden Way 62
• 6. It's All Dunhill from Here 79
• 7. The Word on the Street 98
• 8. Northern Lights 108
• 9. Old Faithful 126
• 10. Weather-Beaten 141
• 11. Games These People Played 151
• 12. Prides and Prejudices 163
• 13. How the Other Half Plays 175
• 14. Smooth Sailing 195
• 15. Alliss in Wonderland 209
• 16. The Choke Artist 225
• 17. Blind Leading the Blind 239
• 18. Little Shop of Horrors 250
• 19. The Foreign Invasion 267
• 20. Beginning at the End 278
• 21. If It's Monday, It Must Be Machrihanish 289.

ISBN:

1565123018

OCLC:

47182231