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Driving the Green
Kevin Markham
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Description for Driving the Green
Paperback. Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. When Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way, the golf clubs visited and the idiosyncrasies of a camper van form the fairways on which this story plays Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WSJG; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Kevin plays every 18-hole golf course in Ireland in all kinds of weather and with all kinds of golfers. He deals with a leaky roof, potholes, born-again Christians and even an Irish mammy. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way, the golf clubs visited and the idiosyncrasies of a twenty-year-old camper van form the fairways on which this story plays. From ... Read more
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Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781848891982
SKU
V9781848891982
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 3 to 5 working days
Ref
99-98
About Kevin Markham
Kevin Markham, born and educated in Ireland, started playing golf at the age of six and has played ever since. After 10 years working in London and Dublin, he became a freelance copywriter and took the opportunity to play a lot more golf. Not for the better it turns out. He writes about golf for newspapers, magazines and blogs. His ... Read more
Reviews for Driving the Green
A fabulous read - one of the best sports books of the year.
Wexford People
Entertaining. Captures the essence of the endless variety of characters and funny/peculiar situations encountered on his adventure.
Irish Independent
Everyone who has been there, or is going there, should read this.
AZ Golf Insider
Wexford People
Entertaining. Captures the essence of the endless variety of characters and funny/peculiar situations encountered on his adventure.
Irish Independent
Everyone who has been there, or is going there, should read this.
AZ Golf Insider