GOOD WALK SPOILEDbook review book written by John Feinstein
Mark Twain was once quoted describing the game of golf as “A good walk spoiled. ... Washington Post writer John Feinstein came to national prominence in 1986 with the publication of A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers, now the best selling sports book of all time. In recent years, Feinstein has focused largely on golf, notably in his best-selling chronicle of the 1994 PGA Tour season, A Good Walk Spoiled. His latest book, The Majors: In Pursuit of Golf’s Holy Grail, takes a detailed look at the four major championships: The Master, The U. ... Since Feinstein busted onto the scene in 1986, he has wrote many successful books, appeared regularly on National Public Radio and ESPN, and served as visiting professor of journalism at Duke University. In A Good Walk Spoiled, Feinstein spends approximately 15 months following the PGA Tour as it worked its way around the country. ... The book follows a very diverse group of roughly 17 golfers, from stars like Tom Watson, and Nick Price, to journeymen such as Bruce Fleisher, and Jeff Cook. To ensure Feinstein-quality, he took the much needed time to learn about these golfers and what they’re like, on and off the golf course. To me, that was the primary appeal of this book. ... The way Feinstein is able to document each player’s individual road in golf fascinates me because no two players traveled down the same road to get to “The big time.