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1. 1. A Course Called America

   Fifty States, Five Thousand Fairways, and the Search for the Great American Golf Course

   

   An adventuring golf-obsessed journalist drives through all fifty states visiting thousands of fairways to tell the story of American golf and the people who play it, blending course architecture and history with roadside encounters, local characters, and cultural observation; the book mixes reportage, humor and personal reflection as it traces how landscape, community and invention shaped a uniquely American pastime while searching for what makes a great golf course.

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2. 2. A Course Called Ireland

   A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee

   

   An American golf-obsessed journalist embarks on a months-long walking odyssey across Ireland, linking and playing the island’s golf courses as he treks between them; the narrative blends humorous and honest accounts of weather, blisters, and logistical mishaps with vivid descriptions of landscapes, memorable encounters with locals, and reflective meditations on sport, history, and what it means to know a country by foot and by fairway.

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3. 3. Paper Tiger

   

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4. 4. A Course Called Scotland

   Searching the Home of Golf

   

   A spirited travelogue that follows an American golfer’s pilgrimage across Scotland’s links, blending vivid, on-course play-by-play with local history, colorful characters and reflections on how wind, turf and tradition shaped the modern game; he seeks out famous and obscure courses alike, capturing the rugged beauty, harsh weather and idiosyncratic pleasures of linksland while probing why golf holds such deep cultural and personal meaning for those who live it.

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