Review: Mediocrity to success and plenty of humour
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
Helped along the way by Proust, Buddhism, and a pro golfing expert, the author, Lowell Smith makes his painful journey from golfing mediocrity to success on the fairways. This book had me in stitches at times as I willed him along the way.  Smith used to be able to play golf pretty well, but a twenty year hiatus caused by family and other circumstances mean that he's not played at all during this time. Now that he wants to rediscover his golfing prowess, he is struggling-big time! DVD's, hours of practice on the driving range, instruction books and self help guides all came to naught.It was only when the author met up with the man who showed him how to improve his game by listening to the sounds made by the clubs and the ball that he started to make tangible progress. The sounds made by the club brushing the grass on the way to contact with the ball are important enough to demand as much focus as the intended destination or the swing. This book is full of fantastic tips and pointers for golfers of all levels. It's also the very personal journey of one man through more than a few emotional highs. I'm not a golfer, and have no interest in actually playing the game myself however I still found this book engaging enough to read it right through, because many of the lessons our author learns about golf also teach you something about life in general. A lovely little gem of a book.