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Enchanted Golf Clubs

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originally published (and still available as) The Haunted Major, this is a minor comic masterpiece. The narrator is Major Jacky Gore, the self-proclaimed 'greatest sportsman living'. He excels at all sports but despises golf on the grounds that it is not dangerous enough. However, in order to win the hand of a rich American widow he finds he has to defeat the US Open golf champion... With the aid of a ghostly and vengeful 16th century Scottish Cardinal Jacky goes head to head... Despite Jacky being pompous, vain, disdainful, arrogant, he is an attractive character. This is the kind of paradox that masterpieces are made of, and this is certainly one.

This book was originally published under another name in England in 1920, then in American in the twenties. Now, reprinted again.

Almost put it down at the beginning first forty pages or so. Just wasn't going anywhere, setting up this arrogant, pompish, stuffy British guy who excels at everything, and thinks he can do the same with golf.

Stay in there as I did, until the golf begins, and it becomes a good read. Then, I kept waiting for some twist or such, and none came.

Almost quit again before the last chapter, but am glad I continued and encourage you to do the same. The outcome was unexpected, and I resonated to it, as a golfer.

You know, golf is about life. What other games calls penalties on themselves?

Golfers, you'll enjoy this Scottish tale!