Manchester City Library

I usually write about books. But today I’m going to write about golf. I love the game, don’t play as often as I’d like, and except for an occasional flash of brilliance I’m a hacker. I play in a league on Tuesdays after toiling at the library. We generally say, “this is a nice league” when a new person joins. What we mean is that we’re easy on each other. No cutthroats allowed. The league is where I learned the true meaning of cameraderie. Having someone say, “great put,” or “beautiful shot” and really mean it since it happens infrequently to them too, keeps us all coming back for more.

League play is almost finished for the season, and our Tuesday evening games will be over for another year. We’ll have the usual pizza party, find out which team is in first place for the season and go our separate ways. But golf stays with me throughout the year. Even when I go past a snow covered golf course in the middle of February, I dream of golf. But what am I thinking? There’s plenty of golf left, and Fall is my favorite time to play. So if you’re like me, you’ll keep those golf clubs by the front door, and enjoy the cool, crisp weather –and golf — that’s ahead.

Here are a few books about golf to get you through till next Spring:

• My favorite, Two years in St. Andrews: at home on the 18th hole, by George Peper
• Golf dreams: writings on golf, by John Updike
• Golf my own damn way: a real guy’s guide to chopping ten strokes off your game, a sound recording by golf’s bad boy, John Daly
• The grand slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the story of golf, by Mark Frost
• Harvey Penick’s little red book: lessons and teachings from a lifetime in golf, by Harvey Penick.

These books are a broad sampling of the many books about golf available at the library, so browse the catalog to find your favorites.

‘Till next time,
Lilly the Librarian, and Golfer for life