Tales From The Bunker

Four years in the making, Golf weighs in at 82 pounds. Co-creators Paul Skillet and Simon Weitzman have billed this book as the world’s most luxurious and unique golf publication. The 140 page book is a 3 foot by 18 inches museum grade editorialized art collection.

Golf features hand-torn pages, a cover made of 400 year old Russian Hide leather and an oak slipcase box.  Weitzman stated “Our mission has been to create a satirical informed work of prose and art, designed to capture the true spirit of the game from its formative growth, through to the realities of the recent financial depression, and on toward new and exciting horizons”.  (Now I get it)

The book is a limited edition of 10. However just in case you are late getting to the store and miss out on obtaining your copy, Golf will also be available in a smaller, more affordable Collector Edition for only $630. (What a relief!)

Signed limited edition artwork from the book will be offered at prices ranging from $115 to $289.

So if you are in need of the perfect Father’s Day gift look no farther. However if you would like to reward this hardworking blogger with a small present you can email me for my mailing address.

Thanks to Golf World for portions of this article.

As always, keep ‘em in the fairway!

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We were walking through the library yesterday trying to absorb a little literary intelligence when we noticed sitting prominently on the end of an aisle was a book called Learn to Play Golf in a Weekend.  We just had to check out a book with that title. 

Written by Edward Craig and published is 2005 by Octopus Publishing Group LTD, it has a clear cut plan to learn to play in two days. “Learn to Play golf in a Weekend will give you the skills to enjoy your golf game without the need for costly lessons.” Yeah Right! 

On Day 1 you learn the following;

• The Grip
• The Setup
• The Backswing
• The Downswing

 Sounds like an easy day!

On Day 2 you learn:

• Pitching and Chipping
• Bunkers
• Trouble shots
• Putting

 A couple hours should be sufficient for these aspects of the game. 

You then can go at your own pace with other aspects such as:

• Preparation
• Strategy
• Psychology
• Advanced Shots
• How to work the ball, etc.

 Piece of cake! 

In Tom’s case, after spending almost 40 years learning the game of golf…now he finds out he could have learned it in a weekend if he had just had the correct book.  It may not be too late for Becky as she has only been playing for 4 years and her bad habits can still change with the sage advice in this 127 page book. 

Ben Hogan deliberately published his classic Five Lessons The Modern Fundamentals of Golf one section at a time in a magazine so people could attempt to absorb one fundamental over the course several weeks. Obviously Ben had no idea golf could be learned in a weekend. 

On second thought, since Ben turned into a pretty good golfer maybe he was right.

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