St. Andrews Sojourn: Two Years at Home on the Old Course
Autor George Peperen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2007
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 & 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780743262835
ISBN-10: 0743262832
Pagini: 318
Dimensiuni: 158 x 233 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Simon&Schuster
ISBN-10: 0743262832
Pagini: 318
Dimensiuni: 158 x 233 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Descriere
"A Year in Provence" for golfers, this wry, wonderfully entertaining account chronicles what happens when golf writer Peper buys a house alongside the venerable Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. of photos.