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Why Golfers Cheat

Lessons from one of our very own

Here’s a book written by one of our very own!

Why Golfers Cheat takes an amused, amusing and original look at golf as it is really played – not by superhuman pros but by you and me and millions like us around the world. We don’t play in tournaments or at high-toned country clubs. We play each other on obscure but inexpensive courses for tiny stakes but priceless bragging rights. We ignore rules that are unfair or just plain stupid. We needle each other without mercy and lose our tempers without shame or regret. And although we’re obsessed with getting better, we probably never will. If that’s the kind of golf you play, this book’s for you.
The author, Russell Felton, is an Australian-born journalist from Newcastle and golf nut who for reasons he can’t explain lives in Canada, where the golf season lasts about five months. He wrote this book in winter. We hope to see him back at Horizons, where he belongs, in 2020.

Preferred lies

Not so much a review as a recommendation…

Preferred Lies is a book written by Charles Happen – veteran golf journalist, and Mike Clayton – course architect, and tells a wide range of stories in golf joined by a host of contributors, including:

  • Steve Williams, golf’s best-known caddie, who describes what it’s like inside the gallery ropes, having toted bags for some of the games biggest names including Tiger Woods, with whom he won thirteen major championships
  • former US Open champion Geoff Oglivy, who takes the reader inside the US PGA Tour, which he has won eight times
  • Greg Norman, two-time major champion and word number one for 331 weeks, whose flamboyant playing style and charismatic personality earned him a legion of fans around the world
  • comedian and amateur golfer Rob Sitch, who vowed to improve his game when he came to the realisation that twenty-five is not a handicap, it’s a participation ribbon