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In John Feinstien's A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour, someone asks Faldo, after his final round in the PGA, if his failure to win a major last year was a problem with his putter.
"The problem, " Faldo said, "was with the puttee."
If you've ever shanked a two footer, or taken a divot out of the green, you'll know something of what he was talking about, but for a fully textured understanding of this most cerebral of games, John Feinstein's best-selling account of the 1994 US PGA Tour is essential reading.
Feinstein sets himself the task of appreciating the game through an understanding of the man attached to the club shaft, and his studies of John Daly and Nick Faldo, in particular, are wonderfully observed and rendered.
Daly, and the drink, drugs and violence with which he was living, had a deep and lasting impact on the professional game in 1994 and beyond. He made excellence and achievement at golf look brutal and ugly, and the American public, who like to see a little blood and sweat for their money, loved it. The genteel narcissism that had been the spirit of the tour for so long dissolved in his wake.
Faldo, silent, brooding and an obsessive deconstructor of golf swings and mindsets, cuts a very different figure and Feinstein's book is one of the most complete studies of this extraordinary sportsman ever written. For Faldo and Daly, more than most, the golf course became a public arena for a personal struggle. Each round of golf was a journey into inner space.
Fortunately, there are lots of amusing and revealing anecdotes to accompany the psychological analysis and we are largely spared ramblings of the "humanity-in-every- bunker-shot" kind.
Feinstein's succinct style reflects this commitment to clarity, making this a readable and definitive work on the subject of man's pursuit of the small, round ball. --Alex Hankin
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On those magnificent days on which your drives split the fairway down the middle and your wedge shots leave you putting for birdie, you think: "I wonder if I could do this for a living." After all, guys in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, guys no one heard of until recently, are making planeloads of money on the various golf tours (and buying private planes to take them from one big-money tournament to the next). A Good Walk Spoiled is a bit of a reality check. John Feinstein chronicles the struggles of the top golfers in the game, as well as those trying to get onto the PGA Tour. These are gifted players who've devoted their lives to the game, and on any given day they could just flat out stink. A Good Walk Spoiled is a completely engaging book from first page to last, a wonderfully observed and masterfully told story of pain and profit in the world's most frustrating sport.
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This engaging book covers life on the PGA tour from the perspective of several tour players, not necessarily the top names on the tour. At the time this book was written, Bruce Fleisher was an aging journeyman on the tour, having won only once in his career. Feinstein chose to make Fleisher one of the golfers he covered. I was engaged in following the day to day life of this son of holocaust survivors and was therefore delighted when several years later, Fleisher became the top money winner on the PGA senior tour. He is currently a superstar on that tour. This book is golf writing at it's best. I recommend it
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The author missed a tremendous opportunity to write a masterpiece. The access to players, inside information and details of the PGA Tour was very impressive. Unfortunately, the stories were disconnected and often incomplete. It seemed as if the author had a difficult time maintaining a theme or train of thought. While this is understandable for information collected over a long period of time, it made the book fragmented and difficult to read.
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I'll begin by saying that I don't find Feinstein a particularly elegant writer. Like so many of the golfers he admires, Fienstein is a bit of a grinder. I prefer the golf essays of Herbert Warren Wind and John Updike. That said, I immensely enjoyed this book for its detailed and often inspiring look at the golfing and private lives of several players on the Tour. If the book had a central point, I thought it was that playing professional golf is just about as difficult a way to make a living as there is. The physical, mental, and emotional strain is almost unbearable and the lonelieness and self-reliance very fatiguing. Like another reviewer, I did not find the book too long, but too short: I wanted to read about more players and about more seasons.
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Wanna know what the tour is really like?
This book will make you understand the pressures of the tour. It makes the reader "feel" like he/she is the one going through the paces. All in all, an excellent book.
Am 20. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
A great read
This book offers great insight about the PGA Tour and the mini-tour players. Well written and a joy to read and re-read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
If you enjoy watching/playing golf, you will enjoy this book
If you are a lover of golf, either on the course or on the couch, you will love this book. The way Feinstein blends the stories of the nobodies and the superstars is captivating. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Januar 2000 von Christopher Betche
Modern Golf Writing at its Best
I have trouble sympathizing with the reader who complained of this book's length. Though it is true that you can't judge a book by its cover, you certainly can tell how thick it... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. Dezember 1999 von Kevin Moore
A Good Walk Spoiled... A GOOD Read Even For Non-Golfer
I bought this book for a friend of mine. And in a weak moment (no books to read in the house) I picked A Good Walk Spoiled up. I had anticipated being bored to death... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Dezember 1999 von J. Koscher
Yeah, a bit too much.
I could have done with a bit less. I am into golf, but with nearly 500 pages, this was a bit tiring in the end.
Veröffentlicht am 8. November 1999 von Ron Gecan
Too little - too much
This book is OK for golf fans, and the best parts are the behind-the-scenes lives of pro golfers. The endless paragraphs on scoring and strokes become tedious about one third down... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Excellent
Brilliant book. If you thought you knew what golf is all about, forget it. It is a kind of mystery, and Feinstein makes you feel every shot made by the stars on your body.
Am 5. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Wonderful insight into the Pro Golf world
This book is a wonderful look into the thoughts of people who often seem so unreal to the casual viewer or fan. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Bad title
How could someone call it a "good walk spoiled" who enjoys the game. I learned the game when I was young and I still aways like the game. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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