After being jilted at the altar after being crowned the British Open Amateur, Billy Brown's life couldn't get any worse after finding out his bride-to-be had run off with his father. After eighteen months of staying in to avoid all the embarrassment, Billy accepts a job at the Forrester's golf course as a greenkeeper. He spends the next eighteen years quite contented to cut grass and not pick up a golf club. It's not until the Forrester's is sold that the new owners coax Billy out of his shell and get him playing again. It's not long before they realise they have a phenomenon on their hands. Can Billy, at nearly forty realize his dream of winning a major tournament? Could this be the best comeback ever? A story of love and betrayal, funny and sad. Can the good guy win for a change? An endearing tale of betrayal, love and kindness. Sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, an enjoyable read from start to finish.

"One Divot at a Time..." chronicles the life and times of popular golf blogger Jim Colton and his struggles as a typical guy in his early 30's trying to manage family, career, friendships and finances in the face of an unhealthy addiction to the game of golf. Volume 1 contains blog excerpts and additional stories from golfing adventures over the course of four years, including rounds at some of the most revered golf courses in the world. More than just a review of courses and a recollection of birdies and bogeys, the book strikes a chord with issues that all golfers face: the love/hate relationship with this maddening game, the endless pursuit of improvement, the ups and downs of the marriage-like relationship between golfers and their closest golf buddies and the memorable characters you meet along the way.

A “treasure trove” of insider accounts of the movie business from its earliest beginnings to the present day—“exceedingly savvy . . . astute and entertaining” (Variety). The Grove Book of Hollywood is a richly entertaining anthology of anecdotes and reminiscences from the people who helped make the City of Angels the storied place we know today. Movie moguls, embittered screenwriters, bemused outsiders such as P. G. Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh, and others all have their say. Organized chronologically, the pieces form a history of Hollywood as only generations of insiders could tell it. We encounter the first people to move to Hollywood, when it was a dusty village on the outskirts of Los Angeles, as well as the key players during the heyday of the studio system in the 1930s. We hear from victims of the blacklist and from contemporary players in an industry dominated by agents. Coming from a wide variety of sources, the personal recollections range from the affectionate to the scathing, from the cynical to the grandiose. Here is John Huston on his drunken fistfight with Errol Flynn; Cecil B. DeMille on the challenges of filming The Ten Commandments; Frank Capra on working for the great comedic producer Mark Sennett; William Goldman on the strange behavior of Hollywood executives in meetings; and much more. “A masterly, magnificent anthology,” The Grove Book of Hollywood is a must for anyone fascinated by Hollywood and the film industry (Literary Review, London).

The perfect gift for golf enthusiasts of all experience levels! In The Science of Golf, seasoned sports broadcaster Will Haskett examines the science behind the beloved sport of golf. The author covers topics like the swing, the body, the mind, the equipment, the agronomy of the course, analytics, and much more. Haskett explains what makes the ball fly, how different swings can accomplish the same result, why different playing fields impact each shot, and how a rapid improvement in technology has made the sport easier and more accessible. With insight from industry experts, sports scientists, and some of golf’s best minds, this book may surprise golf gurus and science geeks alike!

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.