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Title: Bud, Sweat and Tees : A Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour by Alan Shipnuck ISBN: 0743200705 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17
Rating: 5
Summary: Odysseus Light
Comment: There is an ancient story of a man and his journey, this is the modern equivalent. In this book you get the story of Rich Beem [before he won a major] and his caddy Steve Duplantis. This has to be the most entertaining story I've seen in a long time, and it's all true. We see the Rich Beem, former cell phone salesman and well-traveled golfer, shoot for his dream. In his quest he finds a companion in the form of Steve Duplantis, a love torn caddy that has problems in his personal life.
This is a great book first and foremost because it is superbly written. Alan Shipnuck has a relaxed and well-organized structure to his writing. Shipnuck, who writes for Sports Illustrated, took a gamble on writing this book, at the time Rich Beem hadn't won a major, and stories of colorful, yet still second rate professional golfers don't float amongst the bestseller lists all that often.
At a PG-13 level we see Rich and Steve live their lives in tour, under the microscope, and learn about events that neither would be proud of. There's an intimacy here you don't normally get in biographies. Rich wins a PGA tour event in his rookie year on the tour, Steve Duplantis has a good job with Rich, but do they hold it together for an entire season? The book will leave you interested in finding out more about Beem and Co. Maybe a sequel Mr. Shipnuck?
It's a need to read for those interested in golf, and it's an quick and entertaining story for those who really don't care about golf.
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant behind-the-scenes expose of the PGA tour
Comment: Entertaining, bawdy but sometimes poignant look at two very complicated lives that intersect on the golf course. The serious, introspective side of the book is balanced by the off-the-course exploits of drinking in the clubhouse and partying in strip bars. Alan Shipnuck expands on the humorous themes in golf that he writes about in his...column. His youthful, energetic style is perfect for a holiday read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bud, Beem and Duplantis
Comment: If you are a golfer then you need to read this book. I follow Alan Shipnuck's column on cnnsi.com weekly and it is fabulous. The book he has written chronicles one of the most intimate relationships on and off the golf course: that of player and caddy. Shipnuck provides the reader with an all access view to life on the tour from both the player and caddy point of view. Just a page turner from start to finish.
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Title: A Nasty Bit of Rough by David Feherty ISBN: 1590710002 Publisher: Rugged Land Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist: A Novel by Dan Jenkins ISBN: 0385497237 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Who's Your Caddy: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf by Rick Reilly ISBN: 0385488858 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black by John Feinstein ISBN: 0316170038 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: A Good Walk Spoiled : Days and Nights on the PGA Tour by John Feinstein ISBN: 0316277371 Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Pap) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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