Golf on the Rocks - A Journey Round Scotland's Island Courses

Zusatztext 'How refreshing it is to read a book about Golf which takes the reader miles away from the manicured greens of championship courses such as St. Andrews and Carnousitie' Informationen zum Autor Gary Sutherland is a journalist who has written for, among others, the BBC, Scotland on Sunday and the Sunday Times. He is married with a son and a daughter. Klappentext A description of the author's journey to play 18 rounds of golf on 18 Scottish islands in honour of his dad. Zusammenfassung Gary Sutherland was a lapsed golfer, until he acquired his late dad's putter. After studying a crumpled golf map of Scotland, Gary decided to embark on a voyage. His target was to play 18 rounds of golf on 18 Scottish islands in honour of his dad, a ship's captain who, when he wasn't at sea, was never off the golf course. His journey would take him from the Northern Isles to the Outer Hebrides. Playing in the Harris hail and Arran sunshine, he would encounter an odd variety of golfing hazards, including sheep on the tees, cows on the fairways and electric fences round the greens. This is golf in the raw - a million miles from St Andrews. It is a life-affirming tale of remembrance and discovery. It's about having a laugh and holding on to what's dear. And it's about a putter with magical properties. You can believe what you choose to, but it all happened...

Product details

• Authors: Gary Sutherland, Sutherland Gary
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.06.2012
• EAN: 9780755319794
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-1979-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Golf, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HUMOR / Topic / Sports, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, Scotland, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports, Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands, Landscapes / seascapes