The Old Man and the Tee How I Took Ten Strokes Off My Game and Learned to Love Golf All Over Again

by Pipkin, Turk; Leadbetter, David

• ISBN13: 9780312320850
• ISBN10: 031232085X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: Griffin

Summary

As a kid caddying for his father in West Texas, Turk Pipkin dreamed of great achievements in golf. Unfortunately, life got in the way. A lack of talent didnt help much either. It wasnt until his father passed away that Turk realized hed forgotten his childhood dream and lost his joy for the game. Putting all excuses aside, Turk embarked upon the golf quest of a lifetime, to take ten strokes off his game in a year. Hed seek instruction from golfs greatest teachers, put the best equipment in his bag, and play the worlds finest courses. With lessons from David Leadbetter, Dave Pelz and Ben Crenshaw and spiritual guidance from Willie Nelson, George Plimpton and Byron Nelson, Turks epic journey carried him from Pebble Beach to Scotland and back again, where he risks everything on one final round for his father.

Author Biography

Turk Pipkin has been a stand-up comedian and actor, appearing in Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman, as well as The Sopranos, The Alamo, and Friday Night Lights. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Fast Greens and has written for CBS, NBC, Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, Travel + Leisure Golf, Playboy, and Texas Monthly. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
David Leadbetter
The Beginning of the End	1	(8)
A Monkey Humping a Football	9	(6)
Pebble	15	(6)
ERC	21	(10)
Fit to a Tee	31	(8)
Bad Medicine	39	(8)
Harvey	47	(10)
The Big Picture	57	(8)
A Hundred Balls a Day	65	(8)
Mexico	73	(10)
The Harder They Fall	83	(8)
Old School	91	(8)
Bogey	99	(6)
Double Bogey	105	(6)
Mr. Sand Man	111	(8)
Semi-Drunk	119	(6)
A Wee Dram	125	(6)
A Boy Named Clyde	131	(12)
The King of Golf	143	(8)
Don't Think No Negative Thoughts	151	(10)
Champions Gate	161	(8)
Gentle Ben	169	(8)
I Survived the Alamo	177	(6)
Three Days in the Valley	183	(10)
Do You Have That in Red?	193	(10)
In My Own Backyard	203	(8)
Fromholz	211	(6)
Lord Byron	217	(8)
Gear Head	225	(8)
Analyze This	233	(8)
The Grand Canyon	241	(8)
Straight Down the Middle	249	(8)
Final Round	257	(12)
Afterword	269	(2)
Acknowledgments	271