Courses Called Crackers

A part-time golf writer gets the royal treatment from a host of fine U.K. clubsin exchange for his implied promise to sing their courses glories in this memoirthat meshes a Finegan-like travelogue with the poignancy of PlimptonsBogey Man and the vinegar of Doaks Confidential Guide. Traveling solothis fifty-something Yank has his vigor roundly tested by a quest to play 36courses. And along the way -- in a wholly honest account -- the reader getstaken inside the golfers mind when encountering the alluring yet treacherousterrain at one great links after another along with engaging the natives whocall these courses Crackers.