Why Golf? (HC)

In the grand tradition of such classics as Golf in the Kingdom and Final Rounds comes a brilliant consideration of golf's inimitable and ever growing popularity. In 1908, Arnold Haultain wrote a delightful book with a deceptively simple title: The Mystery of Golf. It explores the love affair golfers have with their sport and has been a favorite ever since among the students of the game. Now more than ninety years later, in a thematic continuation of Haultain's enduring book, Bob Cullen crafts his thoughts that chronicle his quest to uncover the secrets to the spell golf has cast on all of us. Author Cullen, whose other works include his collaboration with Dr. Bob Rotella on his four books, which include Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect weaves a rich and amusing tapestry, discussing such unexpected subjects as platonic philosophy and the nature of faith. As whimsical and picaresque as it is earnest and intensely personal, Why Golf? does for America's favorite weekend pastime what George Will did for baseball.