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    A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
    A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
    A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
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    A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game

    Written by Tom Coyne

    Narrated by Jacques Roy

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    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “One of the best golf books this century.” —Golf Digest

    Tom Coyne’s A Course Called Scotland is a heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game he loves.

    For much of his adult life, bestselling author Tom Coyne has been chasing a golf ball around the globe. When he was in college, studying abroad in London, he entered the lottery for a prized tee time in Scotland, grabbing his clubs and jumping the train to St. Andrews as his friends partied in Amsterdam; later, he golfed the entirety of Ireland’s coastline, chased pros through the mini-tours, and attended grueling Qualifying Schools in Australia, Canada, and Latin America. Yet, as he watched the greats compete, he felt something was missing. Then one day a friend suggested he attempt to play every links course in Scotland and qualify for the greatest championship in golf.

    The result is A Course Called Scotland, “a fast-moving, insightful, often funny travelogue encompassing the width of much of the British Isles” (GolfWeek), including St. Andrews, Turnberry, Dornoch, Prestwick, Troon, and Carnoustie. With his signature blend of storytelling, humor, history, and insight, Coyne weaves together his “witty and charming” (Publishers Weekly) journey to more than 100 legendary courses in Scotland with compelling threads of golf history and insights into the contemporary home of golf. As he journeys Scotland in search of the game’s secrets, he discovers new and old friends, rediscovers the peace and power of the sport, and, most importantly, reaffirms the ultimate connection between the game and the soul. It is “a must-read” (Golf Advisor) rollicking love letter to Scotland and golf as no one has attempted it before.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJul 3, 2018
    ISBN9781508268598
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    Tom Coyne

    Tom Coyne is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Course Called Ireland and A Course Called Scotland; Paper Tiger; and the novel A Gentleman’s Game, named one of the best 25 sports books of all time by The Philadelphia Daily News and adapted into a motion picture starring Gary Sinise. He is podcast host and senior editor for The Golfer’s Journal, and has written for GOLF Magazine, Golfweek, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. He earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Notre Dame, where he won the William Mitchell Award for distinguished achievement. He lives outside Philadelphia with his wife and two daughters.

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    • 5/5
      An outstanding narrator ( commendable Scot’s accents, as a Brit, I must say. Coyne’s prose and insightful and delightful comments outstanding!!
    • 5/5
      Brilliantly written. The writer is a cut above the rest of the field.
    • 5/5
      As a Scot who's played about 10% of these courses I loved it