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Title: Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot by David Feherty ISBN: 1-59071-009-6 Publisher: Rugged Land Pub. Date: 19 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good, old-fashioned clubhouse humor
Comment: To many people, golf is a tradition-rich sport, governed by stuffy, upper-class men with little or no sense of humor. For people who play golf, there is another side of the game: the funny, raunchy, and sometimes obscene area where most weekend duffers spend their golfing lives and many professionals spend much of their off-camera time. David Feherty is a member of the latter group, and has collected a group of his Golf Digest articles to make this book.
Feherty is a former professional golfer who now works as a commentator for CBS Sports, and has spent various portions of his career in various locales, both mainstream and remote. His tales of life on the Safari Tour and on the European Tour are priceless stories of anonymous toil in golf backwaters told as only Feherty can tell them. He skewers many in his stories, from the golf establishment to frequent partner Gary McCord, mercilessly, while reserving the most embarassing stories for himself. This self-deprecating humor is certainly endearing and makes for some of the best reading in the book.
Also included are great articles which display the emotional side of golf from an insider's perspective, from the patriotic fervor of Davis Cup competitors to the grief felt by the whole tour at the loss of Payne Stewart.
As some reviewers have mentioned, the humor in this book tends to focus on bodily functions. If gas jokes offend you, then this is not the book for you. If they don't, then get ready for some great golf writing and absolute hilarity, Feherty-style.
Rating: 5
Summary: Broad Ranged
Comment: Sure, 'Somewhere in Ireland' contains a good deal of potty humor- I'm amazed at how many times Feherty has soiled himself on a course. But this book is hillarious while also being inspiring. It contains some practical (but not technical) tips, and is full of life lessons. I've laughed out loud plenty of times while reading this book, and have come close to tears at some of the sentiment. If you don't enjoy this book, you have no sense of humor and no soul.
Rating: 1
Summary: Just not funny
Comment: This book has only one theme, bodily functions, and it repeats the theme over and again. It is painful to read.
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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: A Nasty Bit of Rough by David Feherty ISBN: 1590710002 Publisher: Rugged Land Pub. Date: 20 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Missing Links by Rick Reilly ISBN: 0385488866 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 19 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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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: The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf by Mark Frost ISBN: 0786869208 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 06 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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