They Called It Golf Because Flog Was Already Taken

by Fenton, Frank; Konetzni, Al; Grimes, David

• ISBN13: 9781561642885
• ISBN10: 1561642886
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Pineapple Press

Author Biography

Frank Fenton has conducted golf research, development, and design for twenty-seven He has designed clubs and milled putters used on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour and has invented numerous patented woods, irons, putters, shafts, and grips David Grimes is a humor columnist for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He describes his golf game as "developing," but he won't say into what. Grimes has won several awards for his writing, including the coveted Tin Kazoo from the Venice Community Center and a rubber chicken from Sarasota magazine. Dave Barry, on the other hand, has only one Pulitzer to show for his work. He lives in Manatee County with his wife, Teri, and two incontinent pugs

Table of Contents

Frank Fenton	7	(4)
1 Lee Trevino	1	(5)
2 Driver Fitting	6	(8)
4 Mr. Hogan	14	(3)
5 Japan and Taiwan	17	(7)
7 Cost of Clubs	24	(3)
8 Center of Gravity	27	(8)
10 Shafts: Cycles Per Minute	35	(4)
11 Shafts: Kick Point	39	(6)
13 Shafts: Torque	45	(5)
14 Shafts: Weight, Balance Point, and Swing Weight	50	(9)
16 The Darrell Survey	59	(4)
17 Wedge Fitting	63	(8)
19 Payne Stewart	71	(3)
20 Strange Tour Tales	74	(9)
22 More Mr. Hogan and the Colonial	83	(6)
23 Gene Sheeley	89	(6)
25 Pro-grade versus Commercial-grade Clubs	95	(4)
26 Grooves	99	(8)
28 Clubs with a Springlike Effect	107	(4)
29 How TV and Golf Magazines Favor the Big Companies	111	(7)
31 Cannes	118	(5)
32 Iron Byron	123	(7)
34 St. Andrews	130	(5)
35 Gene Sarazen	135
David Grimes
3 Why Golf Is the Greatest Game	11	(10)
6 Golf: Very Important	21	(9)
9 Grimes' Laws of Golf	30	(12)
12 Getting the Knack of the Golf Cliché	42	(13)
15 It is Time to Ban Golfers Who Walk	55	(12)
18 Golfers Should Hit Balls, Not the Bottle	67	(11)
21 The Grimes Guide to Golf Bets	78	(14)
24 How I Survived Spiro Agnew	92	(11)
27 Don't Putt Rules Before Golf Fun	103	(12)
30 Thai Prime Minister Has Golf All Shook Up	115	(11)
33 A Divot off the Old Green	126	(13)
36 Letters to the Editor	139	(4)
Index	143