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1) A course called Ireland: a long walk in search of a country, a pint, and the next tee

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Coyne, Tom

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

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The must-listen bestseller about one man's epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world's greatest round of golf By turns hilarious and poetic, A Course Called Ireland is a magnificent tour of a vibrant land and paean to the world's greatest game in the tradition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. In his thirties, married, and staring down impending fatherhood, Tom Coyne was familiar with the last refuge of the adult male:...

2) A course called America: fifty states, five thousand fairways, and the search for the great American golf course

Author

Coyne, Tom

Pub. Date

c2021.

Language

English

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Morristown Festival of Books 2022
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In 'A Course Called America', Tom Coyne plays his way across the United States in search of the great American golf course. Packed with fascinating tales from American golf history, comic road misadventures, illuminating insight into course design, and many a memorable round with local golfers, this book is an epic narrative travelogue brimming with heart and soul.

3) A course called Scotland: searching the home of golf for the secret to its game

Author

Coyne, Tom

Pub. Date

2018.

Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Language

English

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4) Paper tiger: an obsessed golfer's quest to play with the pros

Author

Coyne, Tom

Pub. Date

2006.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

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Think country-club clinic meets Navy Seals training. I will pay any price, bear any burden, leave my home to follow the seasons, build my own swing studio in the basement, construct a practice green in my backyard. . . . Everything the big boys have access to, I want double. Like most amateur golfers, Tom Coyne had often wondered whether the pros won because they were more talented or because they were more obsessed. Overweight and burdened by a...