Around the World in 80 Rounds: Chasing a Golf Ball from Tierra Del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun - Couverture rigide

Wood, David

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ISBN 10 : 0312375778 ISBN 13 : 9780312375775

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2008

Synopsis

At 47, David Wood sold everything he owned and set out to fulfil every golfer's dream: For one year, he travelled the world (covering 60,000 miles and every continent except Antarctica, by plane, boat, train, motorcycle and rickshaw, to play the game he loves in the most exotic locales, including the world's highest, driest, hottest, coldest, and most remote golf courses, and lived to tell the tale.Along the way, he met a bevy of fascinating characters, including surly cabbies, taxi drivers with a death wish, welcoming golf course managers, threatening kangaroos, and golf pros out for a quick game. David faced dire situations, such as bouts of food poisoning in India and Egypt, altitude sickness in Argentina, getting booted out of the Ukraine by armed guards, and muddling through with limited language skills, but through it all he maintained a sense of humour and of course his passion for golf, which he played every chance he got.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Author, speaker, and world traveler David Wood is a stand-up comedian with several David Letterman Show appearances under his belt. Colin Covert of the Minneapolis Star Tribune says David Wood is, “...a comedic brain surgeon. He opens people's minds and tickles their brain." Gail Malone of the Tulsa Tribune says, “David Wood possesses deft wit and intelligent good humor. The audience loved him!” His 4,000 plus personal appearances run the gamut from numerous television shows to corporation keynotes. A few years ago, he took a one year sabbatical to travel to exotic locales around-the-world. He turned that adventure into a book -- “Around the World in 80 Rounds.” The book is critically acclaimed. Publisher’s Weekly called it,” ...highly entertaining.” Kirkus Reviews says, “Wood’s debut scores a solid eagle.” He resides in New York City.

Présentation de l'éditeur

David Wood's Around the World in 80 Rounds is humorous, insightful, inspiring, and laugh out loud funny. Wood ventures from the southernmost tip of South America to the very top of Norway, and everywhere in between. Along the way he plays the world's most extreme golf courses: the northernmost, the southernmost, the highest, the driest, the hottest, and every strange locale he can find. But this isn't just a book about just golf. It's about travel, and risks, and leaving your comfort zone to pursue your dreams.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312375778
• ISBN 13: 9780312375775
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible