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Straight Down the Middle - Shivas Irons Bagger Vance and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Golf Swing - cover

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Straight Down the Middle - Shivas Irons Bagger Vance and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Golf Swing

Josh Karp

Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

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Straight Down the Middle is a humorous and insightful account of journalist and former-18-handicap golfer Josh Karp's quest to achieve inner peace and improve his golf game—all through the art of Zen. Assisted by a quirky roster of excellent practitioners of esoteric, Eastern-fueled, nontraditional golf instruction, Karp embarks on a unique journey across the fairways of North America (and Scotland, of course!) that's as funny as it is illuminating. A golf story in the tradition of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Straight Down the Middle is a blend of helpful tips and hilarious memoir that's a must-read for golfers of all stripes and plaids.
Available since: 07/22/2011.

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