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My Usual Game : Adventures in Golf
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My Usual Game : Adventures in Golf Paperback - 1996

by Owen, David

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Destined to become a classic of golf literature, this hilarious and wonderfully litrate tour through the sometimes peculiar culture of this popular sport chronicles Owen's funny and enlightening quest to come to terms with a game that has frustrated and fascinated him since childhood. "Owen's droll asides are as memorable as a chip-in birdie".--People.

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  • Title My Usual Game : Adventures in Golf
  • Author Owen, David
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Broadway Books, New York
  • Date May 1, 1996
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3235235-6
  • ISBN 9780385483384 / 0385483384
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Golfers - United States - Biography, Owen, David
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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First line

I PLAYED GOLF WHEN I WAS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN, BUT then I stopped.

From the jacket flap

"My Usual Game chronicles David Owen's funny and enlightening quest to come to terms with a game that has frustrated and fascinated him ever since he was a child. Follow Owen as he rescues his swing at golf school, spends a week with the inventor of the modern golf club, nearly wins a three-day Pro-Am at a tournament on the PGA Tour, travels with three golf-crazed friends to tacky Myrtle Beach, follows Fred Couples and Paul Azinger at the Ryder Cup, and discovers what may be the darkest secret of the golf swing: The difference between a slice and a draw is a certain number of beers.
"My Usual Game is a hilarious and wonderfully literate tour through the sometimes peculiar culture of this very popular sport. Golfers of all ages will discover "My Usual Game for many years to come. It is destined to become a classic of golf literature.

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Media reviews

"Owen's droll  asides are as memorable as a chip-in  birdie."--People



"Mr. Owen's style might be best described as part  John Updike and part Johnny  Miller."--Newsweek

About the author

David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of 14 books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman.