| Description |
1 online resource (x, 210 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1. Golf as Memoir; Taking it Back Inside; Night Golf; Sam; Girls and Golf in Pinehurst; Golfless in Berkeley; Pure Wine; Cheating at Golf; Part 2. Lives of the Golfers; What Do Golfers Want?; Pro-trait #1: Arnold Palmer; Light My Fivewood; Pro-trait #2: Jack Nicklaus; The Meaning of Tiger Woods; Pro-trait #3: Bobby Jones; Pro-trait #4: John Daly; Pro-trait #5: Charles Howell III; Mike Austin, "Mr. 515"; Pro-trait #6: Gary Player; Pro-trait #7: Fred Couples; Big Shots at Bighorn (July 31, 2002); Pro-trait #8: Craig Stadler. |
| Summary |
Explores the links between golf and life by way of art and literature, philosophy and psychology. This book features various players - including Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Annika Sorenstam and Arnold Palmer. It also offers an unconventional look at the intricacies of the golf swing, course architecture and golfing equipment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Golf -- Miscellanea.
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Golf. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Subject |
Golfers.
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Golfers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brumer, Andy. Poetics of golf. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803213654 0803213654 (DLC) 2007005771 (OCoLC)82772689 |
| ISBN |
9780803213647 (electronic book) |
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0803213646 (electronic book) |
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1281092177 |
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9781281092175 |
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9780803213654 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0803213654 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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