- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: St Martins Pr; Auflage: 0002 (Juni 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312204221
- ISBN-13: 978-0312204228
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,7 x 14 x 1,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.2 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (9 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 596.345 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The opening sentences of Donegan's delightful romp through the European golf world sets its tone: "The first thing to understand about caddying is it's not brain surgery. It's more complicated than that," and the next couple of hundred pages prove the point. Put a hapless golf fanatic like Donegan, a journalist by trade, on the bag of another hapless golf fanatic-- British pro Ross Drummond, who would probably be more successful in another line of work--and the results, no matter how hard they try to play it straight, are as wayward as a duck hook off the tee. Funnier than writer Michael Bamberger's trenchant recounting of his exploits carrying Peter Teravainen's bag in To the Linksland, Donegan's chronicle is a self-effacing romp from beginning to end, though some hard-learned lessons manage to creep in along the way: "I was an amateur, crap at it..., just like millions of others. So what? It didn't mean I couldn't have a good time making a fool of myself... What was it A.A. Milne had said about golf? It was the best game in the world to be bad at. Let that be my motto." Of course, it was Milne who also happened to create Eeyore. -- Jeff Silverman
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British journalist Donegan spent a year caddying for Ross Drummond, an also-ran on the European Professional Golf Tour. Alternately complaining about the caddy's lot and rhapsodizing over the chance to rub elbows with such golfing greats as Faldo and Montgomerie, Donegan offers a revealing perspective on the daily grind for those in golf's underclass. As with all strata of society, however, substrata run deep, with caddies for the top players existing on a much higher plane than those, like Donegan, who toil for the tour's hangers-on. The writer-turned-caddy gambit is not exactly new: Michael Bamberger's Green Road Home (1986) and To the Linksland (1992) both describe similar adventures and manage to do so with more style, grace, and good humor than Donegan is able to muster. Still, Donegan's perpetual grousing and recurring bouts of indifference, though not exactly endearing, capture the nagging reality of professional golf in a way that the more celebratory side of the game's literature necessarily ignores. Bill Ott
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I don't know Lawrence Donegan but, I'd like to shake his hand.Not since I read catch -22 for the second time, (the first time took me five atempts,because I just couldn't get my head around it) have I read a book cover to cover in one sitting.In the U.K. this book appears under the title A FOUR IRON IN THE SOUL, well,for me it had all fourteen clubs, the bag, the balls,the towel,THE LOT. They say "DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB" well Lawrence Donegan did,and this account of his year "on the bag" of one of the european tour's lesser lights will probably convince many of us(wannabe caddies) NOT to give up ours.FIRST CLASS
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"Maybe It Should Have Been a Three-Iron" is an entertaining and teasingly funny description of the author's exploits as a sports writer turned European Tour caddie for tour veteran Ross Drummond.
It's obvious fairly early on that Donegan isn't cut out to be a caddie, and certainly not Drummond's caddie, but these are both desperate men in their own ways. Donegan is both self-deprecating and facetiously self-centered in his narrative and the resulting reading is frequently hilarious.
This book is an excellent counterpoint to Feinstein's books about the PGA Tour, and in some respects paints a more endearing picture of the European Tour by pointing out its (not really, but almost) "minor-league" aspects.
Highly recommended for anyone who likes a good golf story. Colorful personalities and rich scenery are a bonus!
Format:Taschenbuch
This is a very funny yet serious book. You really understand what it is like to be a caddy on any tour. You don't always get breaks but you have to go on and forget it.
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a fine book, but...
Lawrence Donegan has written a fine account of life on the lesser known Euro Tour, but he really didn't shed a great amount of light on my biggest question... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Februar 2000 von Andrew J. Morrison
Boring
The first few chapters were fine but then it became the same old same old. The occasional blurbs about one of the touring professionals were dated, well known and far too few. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
Great golf reading along with a little travel thrown in.
Many a weekend golfer has watched the golf pro and his caddy stride down the eighteenth hole of a championship wondering how anyone could not be enthralled at this great life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. September 1998 von qs1228@gte.net
A must for any enthusiastic golfer.
Donegan's hilarious view on professional golf from the bottom of the heap guarantees wonderful hours of reading while rain or snow cover the holy land and its greens.
Am 21. September 1998 veröffentlicht
An excellent book - but it did nothing for my stroke!
This is a well constructed account of life on the European professional golf tour. Even for those with no interest in the game it is a fascinating read and gives us a human... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Juni 1998 von (John McAteer) tirconailltribune@tinet.ie
the best sports book i've ever read
this book came out in britain last year. donegan is a fantasist who dreams of becoming a professional golfer. the only problem is he's crap at golf. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 23. April 1998 veröffentlicht
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