How Golf Can Save Your Life

Drew Millard loves golf. As a kid, he enjoyed the game, but since college, his clubs had been gathering dust in his parents' basement. And then, a bout with depression led him back home to haul them out of the unfinished storage.

It was what the doctor had ordered. In addition to medication and therapy, Drew needed to exercise. Exercise was not something he did. But golf? Sure, why not? As Drew fumbled his way through his first round in years, he discovered that sucking at golf was his new calling, one that helped him find a sense of balance and rhythm—both on the course and in his own mind.

Drew's connection to the game inspired him to write this book, and his passion is infectious. Combining great storytelling with fascinating historical tidbits and moving personal insights, he writes about everything from how golf taught him to be a better listener, son, and friend, to how to slow down, appreciate what he has, and keep fighting the good fight. Along the way, he demystifies the customs, history, and rules of the game.

Brimming with personality, accessibility, and a freewheeling spirit, How Golf Can Save Your Life is a celebration of the sport and an examination of all it offers.

©2023 Drew Millard (P)2024 Tantor

TDS as a supposed Golf Book

I tried to get something out of this of value however after about the fifth time of the author inserting his political views I couldn’t listen any longer.

Couldn’t take the hypocritical nature any longer as he laments playing golf at Pinehurst on his Dad’s dime and how golf courses charge more to keep people off.

SMH.

Terrific narration but mistitled

I loved Drew’s narration. Well done! But I was expecting more from the book, which really is a collection of essays with way too many stroke by stroke details of the writer’s golf outings for my taste. This was a book purely about him, and he excelled at that. The benefits of golf are glossed over in favor of the writer’s game. How Golf Saved My Life would have been the more appropriate title. The chapter titles were not reflective of the words that followed, but I appreciated his social commentary. I continued listening to the end, hoping what I came for would be expounded on, but it wasn’t until the conclusion that the writer spoke to the reader.