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To The Linksland
by Michael Bamberger
Amazon.com reviews:
"Many have written lyrically about the wonders of golf
in Scotland and its inherent magic, which is the focus of the second half
of Michael Bamberger's lovely ode to the game. But it's the book's first
half that makes it as essential as a putter for anyone willing to go
deeper into golf's heart. Here, Bamberger explores the eternal mystery of
golf: "More than any other athlete, the professional golfer looks
normal; his physical ordinariness is a ubiquitous reminder of our
limitations. So what makes him so special?" He searches for
his answers the hard way: he lugs a golf bag around for a season as a
caddie on the European tour. Even if the golfing grail he sought remains
elusive, his narrative drives straight into the game's psyche through a
colorful, witty, and poignant portrait of his months on the fairways with
Peter Teravainen, the practicing Buddhist, Yale-graduate journeyman
grinder whose bag he toted."
From
Kirkus Reviews:
"Bamberger, a Philadelphia Inquirer sportswriter, spent 1991 caddying on
the European professional golf tour and playing the ``linksland,''
Scotland's legendary array of courses. Here's his record of that time--a
lovely book that will stand with the classics of the game. In search of
``the primal heart of golf'' and hoping ``to improve'' both his
13-handicap and his patience with the game, the 31-year-old author caddied
for Peter Teravainen, a superstitious journeyman, practicing Buddhist, and
Yale grad from Singapore. Teravainen's powerful, unorthodox swing had
never brought a tour victory (his best year was 1984, when he won $55,000)
or endorsement contracts, but he was good enough, usually, to make the cut
in European play. Bamberger hit it off with the golfer (despite a few
mishaps: losing a club; being yelled at to ``never talk to my golf ball'')
and caddied his way through France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Belgium en
route to Scotland. There, the author met John Stark, a teaching pro at
Crieff Golf Club and ``a mystic'' who taught Bamberger that ``to feel the
proper tempo of a swing, you have to hear the swing. You have to make the
sounds that accompany a good shot.'' Inspired by this advice and filled
with the legends and history of Scottish golf, the author played the
time-honored shrines at St. Andrews, Cruden Bay, Prestwick, and Dornach--and,
with Stark, ``secret,'' undiscovered courses deep in the Scottish hills.
Bamberger learned to ``create the sounds of good golf'' and, at
Machrihanish, capped off his trip by breaking 80 for the first time since
his teens. Bamberger's course histories and profiles of legends from Old
Tom Morris to today's Seve Ballesteros evoke a flavor and nostalgia that
further deepen this lyrical and inspired work, a far better choice for
golfing enthusiasts than Curt Sampson's The Eternal Summer (reviewed
below). -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights
reserved."
And an Independant Review:
"Many have written lyrically about the wonders of golf
in Scotland and its inherent magic, which is the focus of the second half
of Michael Bamberger's lovely ode to the game. But it's the book's first
half that makes it as essential as a putter for anyone willing to go
deeper into golf's heart. Here, Bamberger explores the eternal mystery of
golf: "More than any other athlete, the professional golfer looks
normal; his physical ordinariness is a ubiquitous reminder of our
limitations. So what makes him so special?" He searches for
his answers the hard way: he lugs a golf bag around for a season as a
caddie on the European tour. Even if the golfing grail he sought remains
elusive, his narrative drives straight into the game's psyche through a
colorful, witty, and poignant portrait of his months on the fairways with
Peter Teravainen, the practicing Buddhist, Yale-graduate journeyman
grinder whose bag he toted."
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