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Hustler'S Guide To Golf

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A cute novelty item, but not really useful. Johnston's book "The Complete Book of Golf Games" is much better.

I was hoping to get more information than this book provides. I have found all the same information on the internet, if not more, than is contained in these pages. In fact, most of the book highlights the history of betting and some of golf's more renown gamblers. the actual betting games section of the book is pretty small.

The best part of the book is that it comes with "Don't Choke" ball markers that are great to mark an opponents ball with.

As a stocking stuffer the book is fine, as an end all and be all to golf side betting, it doesn't cut it.

Being a golf newby, I wanted a book about golf games betting. I learned from a patient friend what a Nassau Bet is, and he kindly told me about the customary side bets such as greenies, sandies, & birdies. When this book arrived, I was surprised to find that nowhere is there mention of these classic side bets, as far as I could tell, so I'm wondering what else is missing.

I found the preliminaries to be tongue-in-cheek funny -- the gambits for getting an "edge". But I've had to order another book from Amazon to see what was left out of this one. I believe I've found what I was looking for in "The Complete Book of Golf Games, by Scott Johnston.

Actually, this book is amusing and might make a fun gag gift for a golfer, but as a guide to the rules and subtleties of golfs gambling games, it is of little use. My copy goes in my pal's Xmas stocking.

This little gem of a book is great fun. Written by one of golf's best writers, Jeff Williams, "The Hustler's Guide to Golf" is filled with such humorous insights as "the Betting Personalities," (a chapter on players and their betting weaknesses), and "The Sacred Betting Rules," in which the reader is treated to such insights as "don't be afraid to annoy your worst enemy; he'll play worse." When you've stopped laughing long enough to turn to the next chapter, entitled "Blasphemous Cheating Guidelines," you'll have a hard time keeping a straight face after reading such gems as "Practice coughing..." and "Call your opponent at five o'clock in the morning...". "Well-known bettors" is a humorous chapter on the betting escapades of some of golf's best known players. The final chapter details 25 betting games: how to play them, how to win them. That's if you can stop laughing. "The Hustler's Guide to Golf" is for golfers and non-golfers alike, though golfers will have a harder time getting through this book without falling on the floor in stitches. Included with "The Hustler's Guide.." are 8 ball markers marked "Don't Choke". You get the picture.