Letters to a Young Golfer

by Bob Duval with Carl Vigelund

Copyright 2002 by Bob Duval and Carl Vigeland All Rights Reserved.

Categories:  Contemporary  Sports

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Description

Since his own boyhood growing up on the links in upstate New York, Bob Duval has lived the life of golf in all its incarnations—as student, mentor, teacher, playing professional, and, more recently, as proud parent of a star player on the PGA Tour. Whether telling a story about his son David playing with Tiger Woods or revealing the secret of hitting a long bunker shot, he has always shown a remarkable ability to find an emotional and highly personal resonance when communicating with other people. This book celebrates that ability with an inspirational collection of letters about golf and the joy and passions it arouses. In Letters to a Young Golfer, Duval writes to David, sharing not only his wisdom as a golfer and a father but also expressing his bond with David as a friend and fellow professional. Other letters address golfers of every age and ability who seek to improve their game, from Sunday amateurs to seasoned Tour professionals. With stories from his own career playing with and observing golfers both famous and unknown, Duval goes beyond the sport and explores what it means to live a fuller life. Finally, he writes to his deceased father and probes the spiritual mysteries of golf, this sometimes maddening, always exhilarating game that has been a healing force in his life.

Praise for Letters to a Young Golfer:

"The emphasis on developing a routine, moving forward, playing the hand dealt you, makes a whole lot of sense. And our new knowledge about Duval definitely puts the importance of a game of gold into mighty perspective."
—Kirkus Reviews

"Duval has proven adept as an author . . . The book is a series of letters written by Duval in retrospective the past nine months, which give candid insight of the travails in his life."
—Pensacola News Journal

Extended Copyright Information

Copyright 2002 by Bob Duval and Carl Vigeland. All rights reserved.

Published by Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Opening Lines (Experimental)

We are all young golfers. Every time I play golf I think to myself, "I'm starting from scratch again. This is another opportunity to play good." If a golf score were cumulative, so the score from each round was added to the next, I don't know who would ever have the courage to play.
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