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Follow The Wind

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This book is extremely entertaining! I hope Mr. Links decides to write a sequel or another fantasy about golf

This book is sort of like the "Field of Dreams" for golf. It is a great history lesson, as well as just sheer entertainment. A wonderful way to learn about the greatest names in golf.

Bo's fantasy leads you through a magical kingdom of golf. You are placed in an environment rich with golf history and tradition-a golfer's paradise! His knowledge of golf's history is both educational and impressive. Bo's story is a lot like golf itself, it is tough to put down and walk away from.

It's a shame someone more capable did not come up with the premise for this story. Mr. Links is to be commended for his imagination and his knowledge of the history and tradition of the game of golf. Jackie Pung is not exactly a household name, even for inveterate golf nerds.

When Mr. Links sticks to recounting golf history, he does OK. Some of golf's factual lore is so good it holds up to re-telling again and again.

And having grown up in San Francisco and tread much the same golfing grounds (Lincoln Park, Olympic, Pasatiempo) it was fun to see them portrayed in a novel.

It's the fictional story telling, as opposed to the factual reporting on history, where Mr. Links' lack of skill and polish is painfully exposed.

Piecing the historical elements together in a story that engages the reade eludes him entirely. The anectdotes fail to move the story in any direction. Instead we jump around without the least clue why. Enlightenment is subjugated to trivia.

Overwrought prose and dreadfully lame, forced metaphors abound.("He smiled like a ball that's been sliced in half by a topped five-iron.")Brevity and tight writing are utterly foreign notions to Mr. Links. It takes great skill to write wordy and well. Mr. Links does not possess such skill.

With so much mind-numbing detail on irrelevant material, it was all I could do to stick with it to the end. I actually quit the first time I tried when Follow The Wind first came out. I decided to give it another try and it was worse the second time.

It's too bad. I was really rooting for it to be a better book. So few golf-related fictional novels are even attempted. Unfortunately, Follow The Wind is unrecommendable failure.

The good news is the abundance of exceptionally good non-fiction golf writing available. It's hard to keep up with all the good work from people like John Feinstein (The Majors, A Good Walk Spoiled.) and Michael Bamberger (To The Linksland)and Tim Rosaforte (The Ryder Cup).

#1---I WAS RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO
#2---I HAVE PLAYED GOLF IN SAN FRANCISCO
GRANTED---THIS BOOK IS NOT A LITERARY GIANT---BUT---
IT IS A FUN READ!!! SURE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT BEN HOGAN,

THIS IS LIKE A ""FIELD OF DREAMS"" ABOUT GOLFS LEGENDS---GREAT JOB!!!

Bo Links has written one of the finest books about Ben Hogan and golf in general ever.

This is a thoroughly entertaining book! It is in the can't-put-down category.

The author weaves a tale that transports the reader to a club situated in golf heaven (or the twilight zone). At this club the greats of the game all belong and play golf matches - each at the height of their powers.

For anyone who truly loves the game of golf, and has any reverence for Jones, Hagen and especially Ben Hogan, this is a must read.

It's a simple and lovely tale that will leave you feeling warm and satisfied.

This book was purchased for someone else who is an avid fan of golf. He loved it.

Mr. Links (great name) captures the spirit of the game of golf in this easy read. His historic knowledge of golf's greatest players as well as his personal understanding of the dreams of every weekend golfer make this a "must read" for any golf lover.

book was reconstructed upside down-- All the pages are backwards(must read from back to front---
Very difficult to read.
Your mail site screwed me & charged for 2 day when I was just checking out the cost.
Book $6.00 Mail $ 12.00 ridiculous-
I will get hosed once, but not a second time

jerry gosland

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