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What Golf Behavior Bothers you the Most?

Sandy Mitchell — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:01:43 +0000

What’s your biggest golf course pet peeve? Is it cellphones, slow play, golf cart daredevils? According to Peter Post in his book “In Playing Through: A Guide to the Unwritten Rules of Golf,” it’s slow play–cited by two-thirds of the people he surveyed. Posts’s book is coming out next week and also covers such topics as “what to do when you hit into other golfers or they hit into you,” “dealing with temper tantrums on the course,” and “dealing with cheaters.”

Post should know his etiquette–golf or not. He’s the great-grandson of etiquette maven, Emily Post. The Massachussets resident is also a 17 handicap.

“In Playing Through” is available via Amazon.com or most book retailers.

What’s your favorite golf course pet peeve. Vote in the poll at right and let us know.

^{(photo courtesy of Harper Collins)}

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We Have a Winner!

Sandy Mitchell — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:08:18 +0000

We have a winner in the book giveaway. It’s Gautami Tripathy from “Reading and More Reading“

Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing and shared their favorite golf courses. Look for more about the favorite golf courses and more giveaways in the next few weeks.

For those who didn’t win, but are still interested in the book, “The Downhill Lie” is available via Amazon.com and most book retailers.

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Golf Book Giveaway: “The Downhill Lie”

Sandy Mitchell — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:08:50 +0000

It’s “bloggy giveaway” week and here at “Green Posse” we’re offering a copy of Carl Hiaasen’s new humorous look at golf, “The Downhill Lie: a Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport.” Hiaasen is best known for his satirical and funny mystery novels set in south Florida. He also writes a regular column for the Miami Herald.

In “Downhill Lie,” Hiaasen answers such questions as how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake and which club is best suited for combat against a horde of rat? He also describes his return to the game of his youth–a game he hadn’t played for more than 20 years. His anecdotes have just enough truth to them to make the 205-page book extremely funny and easy to read.

To enter to win the book, simply leave a comment below with the name of your favorite golf course. The contest is open to US residents ages 18 and older. (be sure to include your email address with you post your comment, so I can get a hold of you when you win.) The contest ends at midnight on Monday, August 4. Good Luck!

Note: this giveaway is now closed for new entries. The winner will be announced later on Tuesday.

^{(cover art courtesy of Knopf)}

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Golf Fiction

Sandy Mitchell — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:47:43 +0000

You know when a devout poker player starts talking about how much a novel makes him want to hit the links that the novel in question has to contain some vivid golf scenes. That’s just what b5 poker blogger, Blake Butler, talked about this afternoon in his post about Toby Olsen’s 2007 novel, “Seaview.” Though not a golf book, per se, much of the action in this novel, which won a PEN/Faulkner Award Award, takes place on the golf course, the protagonist being a golf hustler. It sounds like a good read.

“Seaview” is available from Books-a-Million or your favorite book retailer.

^{(cover art courtesy of Hawthorne Books)}

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