Golfing [Paperback]

Henry Beard (Author), Roy McKie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1987

This duffer's dictionary is the perfect gift for every insatiable hacker. 559,000 copies in print.

Beard & McKie lexicons have over 2.3 million copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Another in the publisher's "definitions" series lampooning specific sports, this title will make golfing aficionados chuckle. Beard defines "Driving Range" as "a place where golfers go to get all the good shots out of their systems." A "Hole-in-One" is "an occurrence in which a ball is hit directly from the tee into the hole on a single shot by a golfer playing alone." And the "Fairway" is "a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough." McKie's drawings provide an energetic accompaniment to the text.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

golfing the art of using a flawed stance, a faulty grip, and an ugly swing to hit a small ball badly toward the wrong hole. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; reprint edition (January 4, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894803220
• ISBN-13: 978-0894803222
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,777,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are a golfer...good or bad, February 6, 2002

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Kate J. (Golfer in Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Golfing (Paperback)

If you are a golfer,, good or bad. This is a great book for you. Also give it as a gift to the golfer you know. It will cause you to laugh out loud, and you will see yourself and so many others within the pages. It`s just for fun, but packed with true-isms, and half true-isms! Good to pull out on those rainy days, while waiting at the 19th hole, or at golf parties !!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golfing, March 20, 2006

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D. J. Gill "Golf Nut" (Cranleigh, Uk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Golfing: A Duffer's Dictionary (Paperback)

This is a hilarious little book of spoof golfing definitions written by golfers for golfers. It captures the disappointments and frustrations that all golfers know so well. Keep it as a reference guide!