Golf Humor

Who but P.G. Wodehouse could have extracted high comedy from the most noble and ancient game of golf? And who else could have combined this comedy with a real appreciation of the game, drawn from personal experience? Wodehouse's brilliant but human brand of humor is perfectly suited to these stories of love, rivalry, revenge, and fulfillment on the links.

In The Little Book of Breaking 80, the author, a struggling amateur golfer who finally discovered the true keys to breaking 80 after more than 30 years of trial and error, blows the cover off of the hopelessly doomed conventional approach to golf improvement that keeps most golfers stuck on the endless merry-go-round of frustration and failure.

Missing Links is the story of four middle-class buddies who live outside Boston and play golf together at Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Links and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky. An 18-hole garbage dump with hazards that include a concrete river surrounded by a chain-link fence and the pillars of the elevated train that runs through the course, it is reputed to be the worst golf course in America.

The Man Who Inherited a Golf Course has sold over 30,000 hardback copies in the UK alone. This is the first time this novel has been available as an ebook and the first time it has been available outside the UK. Vernon Coleman is also the author of the bestseller Too Many Clubs and Not Enough Balls and the hugely successful bestselling Bilbury series. `As captain of my golf club I thought your book was a hoot.' - H.D. `An excellent and amusing story and I'm not even a golfer.' J.H. `Light hearted entertainment - very readable.' - Golf World `Thank you for providing me with hours of happy ...

The story of a golf professional trying to make it through life at a private club with 521 bosses, a Cougar nymphomaniac, one good member and a board president intent on his demise. This story follows the hilarious everyday life of a golf professional through lessons, committees, PGA section meetings, club rules, demo days and golf trips. Plus, the daily grind of trying to please over 500 members who complain to him about everything from the speed of the greens to the home owner’s association, along with hundred and one other things over which he has no control. At breaking point, he ...

To be a golfer is to tinker-with everything from equipment to grip to swing. But one thing most players don't give enough attention to is the mental game. Psychologists aren't a new phenomenon in golf, but Dr. Michael Lardon is a different breed of performance coach. Instead of sending his players into a losing battle against emotion, indecision, and fear on the golf course, he shows them how to organize their thoughts and use them for maximum performance.

From the author of the bestselling Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect comes a masterly illumination of golf’s mental game. Dr. Bob Rotella follows up the success of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect with a book filled with anecdotes and motivational instruction focusing on the most important skill a...

Senior Golf Tips: Adapting Your Swing as You Age For Lower Scores is your essential guide for keeping your game strong and your swing smooth—no matter your age. In this short, but powerful 8,500‑word ebook (an easy, no-fluff one-hour read), you'll discover tailored techniques that address the unique challenges senior golfers face. After reading, you’ll instantly know how to adjust your grip, stance, and swing mechanics to maintain power, precision, and flexibility on the course, including: Unlock the “Ageless Swing” Secret – Discover the simple tweak that transforms a stiff, ...

The 10 Greatest Golfers of All Time-You're Probably Not on The List Ever wonder who would win in a hypothetical match between Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus on their best day? Or which of the top ten golfers would be the safest bet when buying a used car? "The 10 Greatest Golfers of All Time—You're Probably Not on The List" takes a light-hearted yet insightful look at the icons who shaped the greens. This book dishes out rankings, trivia, and cheeky analyses that dive deep into the lives and legacies of golf's elite, ensuring every golf fan is both entertained and enlightened. Delight in ...

The hilarious sequel to Rick Reilly’s beloved bestselling golf novel Missing Links Life is going pretty well for Raymond “Stick” Hart. He’s happily married to the former Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Club assistant pro, the beauteous Cajun firecracker Dannie, raising his rambunctious son...

A dream cruise is fun, partying, gambling, relaxing, eating. Except for one passenger. That one hapless passenger is going to get whacked unless Serenity Cruise coughs up one million bucks. Charlie and Ben are undercover (sort of) to ferret out the killer. There are some undercover FBI agents (kind of) swarming around. Any one of the 800 passengers and 200 crew could be the killer. Charlie and Ben enjoy this maiden voyage (definitely) of the Serenity Cruise. It’s 16 days long, weaving around ports in the Caribbean, going through the Panama Canal, and then going up the Baja Peninsula to LA...

Golf can be more than just a game for otherwise well-behaved ladies and gentlemen—sometimes it's a battleground of cunning, rivalry, and revenge. In this collection of four gripping stories, the serenity of the fairways masks simmering grudges and secret motives. From quiet, calculated victories to explosive confrontations, these tales reveal that beneath the surface of a perfect swing sometimes lies a desire for retribution that can turn deadly. Each story is a serving of bizarre golf with a side dish of dark humor, a meal where petty slights swell into personal vendettas, and rules are ...

Confessions of a Golf Pro Round 2 takes up the story where book one ends as our hero leaves his private club to manage a daily fee course in Orlando, there he finds the course a total disaster, the employees mutinous and the competition fierce. No one would be dumb enough to buy a daily fee golf course in the land of the mouse, would they? Well, no one but an avid golfer who was also a doctor, a lawyer or airline pilot. Professions where they get to play god in everyday life and think that the superpowers they possess naturally transfer to running a golf course better than the last group, ...

What if the films Grumpy Old Men and Back to the Future collided in a Sunday school class? Senior citizens are one of the more difficult groups of God’s children to deal with on church campuses because they already know everything there is to know about everything, including how to run a church. In 2007, that was certainly true at Mountain Top Community Church in Mesa, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. So, when 56-year-old energy industry analyst Sam Slouch was invited to lead a class for those in the Hospice Preschool community, he wasn’t thrilled.

Golf is an easy game to learn, but impossible to master. Every day is different, every inch of every course is different, and very few of us ever practice; we just go out and play. With the golf gods and the universe all conspiring against us, there is only one thing we can do…laugh! I’ve been fortunate enough to golf in many different countries, and one thing I can say is that the misery of the game is universal, but so is its allure. We forgive the worst of days with one perfect drive of the tee on the final hole or sinking a long lazy roller of a putt. Wherever I golf, people enjoy ...

A hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review) and the bestselling author of Squeeze Me. Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about...

`Laugh out loud funny,' said Golf World. This is a book about people who lose balls, clubs, tempers and, on occasion, the course they're supposed to be playing; people who feel they are doing well if the ball they hit on the 18th green is the same ball they drove off the first tee. `Anyone who has played golf - or tried to play golf - will find this addictive book unputdownable. Highly recommended.' Sunday Times bestselling author Vernon Coleman has been a professional author for over 40 years. His hugely popular books have sold over two million hardback and paperback copies in the UK alone...

A down-and-out rodeo champion follows a mysterious woman on the run with half a million dollars back to the bright lights of Las Vegas in the sequel to Hey, Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? “Baxter Black is Mark Twain served up with a little Groucho Marx.”—The Weekly Standard Two years after...

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” —Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1850 “How do I hate thee? How much time do you have?” —Joan Rivers, today, about two-ish Joan Rivers is a groundbreaking, award-winning, internationally renowned entertainment goddess. She’s also...

SETTLING DOWN is the fourth and final instalment of THE RELUCTANT EXPAT, Alan Laycock’s light-hearted account of his life in Spain. ***The first part of Alan's sequel, THE CONTENTED EXPAT, is now available.***