Who's your caddy? : looping for the great, near great, and reprobates of golf

by Rick Reilly

Paper Book, 2003

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Available

Call number

796.352

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Publication

New York : Doubleday, c2003.

Description

Sports & Recreations. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world�s most famous golfers�and some celebrity duffers�with hilarious results. Who knows golfers best? Who�s with them every minute of every round, hears their muttering, knows whether they cheat? Their caddies, of course. So sportswriter Rick Reilly figured that he could learn a lot about the players and their games by caddying, even though he had absolutely no idea how to do it. Amazingly, some of the best golfers in the world�including Jack Nicklaus, David Duval, Tom Lehman, John Daly, Casey Martin, and Jill McGill�agreed to let Reilly carry their bags at actual PGA and LPGA Tour events. Reilly also caddied at the Masters, persuaded Deepak Chopra and Donald Trump to use him as a caddy, accompanied high-rolling golf hustlers in Las Vegas around the course, and carried the bag for a blind golfer. Between his hilarious descriptions of his own ineptitude as a caddy and his insight into what makes the greats of golf so great, Reilly�s wicked wit and an expert�s eye provide readers with the next best thing to a great round of golf.… (more)

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LibraryThing member tgraettinger
Listened to it on audio book, read by the author. Pretty funny. Some of his time with John Daly was hilarious.
LibraryThing member gmillar
If you are a golf nut you will most likely enjoy this book. It is a collection of stories about some celebrity golfers, and some just plain celebrities, told from the perspective of a sportswriter who finagled an opportunity to caddy for each of them for a day or a tournament. The stories and the
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writing are hilarious. I dipped into the paperback version in my car whenever I had flat time waiting for something. Another reviewer has said he cracked up at the John Daly chapter. I cracked up at most of them and I really liked Jill McGill - she would be a wonderful dinner guest. There are a couple of serious observations about the game that are worth considering but, for the most part, the book is pure entertainment.
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Physical description

261 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

0385488858 / 9780385488853

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