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Rookie on Tour: The Education of a Pga Golfer Book

Most of life's searches tend to be more fascinating than their destinations; the quest for entry into the exclusive club made up of the best competitive golfers in the world is no exception. Every golfer faces doubt and despair--they are as much a part of the game as woods and irons. But there is something just that much more doubtful and despairing about the game for those for whom the flag is just a tantalizing, agonizing, wedge away. Paulson, a former All-American at South Carolina, has shuttled between the rarefied air of the PGA Tour and the terrifying trenches of Q-School, and he recounts his journey--the small triumphs like shooting a 62 at the 1995 Disney Golf Classic, the frustrating heartbreaks, and all those nights along the way in cheap motels wondering if it's actually worth it--with candor and equanimity. Time, he knows, is running out on him. "I have always been fortunate," he admits, "that I have never been obsessed with making it to the very top. I have always focused on making the transition to the next level." Interestingly, it's his very level-headedness that may, in the end, keep him a few club-lengths from hitting his dream in regulation. --Jeff SilvermanRead More

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  • Product Description

    Life on the PGA Tour is usually seen through the eyes of its stars. But for every Watson or Pavin there are a hundred young men like Carl Paulson. With raw talent, fierce determination, and steady practice, he's managed to find success and victory in the world of professional golf--but he's also learned that life isn't easy even once you've made it to the PGA Tour. Here he tells the story from behind the scenes: the nitty-gritty of sponsorships, endorsement pools, and priority rankings, Shoney's dinners and pay-per-view motel movies, beers with the boys and long-distance calls home, in a book that reveals the unbearable anxieties, the indescribable joys, the constant competition--and the maddening, marvelous heart of the game.

  • 0425166880
  • 9780425166888
  • Carl Paulson, Louis H. Janda
  • 1 March 1999
  • Berkley Pub Group
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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