He played in the gale because of his affection for the game. There are triumphs and disasters, overall goals and intermediate ones, bits of unexpected luck both good and bad. He follows his preface with 14 chapters. He has some interesting insights into the game and how it reflects everyday life. He shows how, during the course of a round, we can have moments of joy, moments of peace, and moments of despair.
Anger is another emotion that can poison a round.
On the other hand, he explains how stillness and silence help in golf. He has wide-ranging tastes in his reading and is familiar with a variety of traditions. He quotes from the likes of Thomas Merton, Teresa of Avila, Sufi Hayrat Khan, Buddhist Chogyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist Sogyal Rinpoche, Meister Eckhart, Walt Whitman, Krishnamurti, Lao-Tzu, Plato, and Hermann Hesse. If you liked those books, this is the kind of book for you. Much like those writers, Merullo examines the allure of the game, the reasons for playing, the benefits, and the special problems peculiar to the sport.