Now You Know Golf
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2008
- Category
- Trivia, Golf, Research
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550028706
- Publish Date
- Sep 2008
- List Price
- $19.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459718142
- Publish Date
- Sep 2008
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Everybody seems to be a golfer or at least knows someone who is. The game is one of the world’s most popular sports, and now Doug Lennox, the links pro of Q&A, hits the green with a barrage of golfing trivia on everything from albatrosses and barkies to Vardon grips and zingers. All the titans, male and female, take a swing, including Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Kathy Whitworth, Vijay Singh, Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie, and, of course, Tiger Woods.
- What is the oldest playing golf course in the world?
- Where was golf invented?
- How does the term sandbagger connect golf with criminals?
- What member of British royalty introducedgolf to Continental Europe?
- Who was the first female golfer to compete in a major men’s professional match?
- What type of golf club did astronaut Alan Shepard use on the moon?
About the author
Doug Lennox was an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author. He appeared in more than 60 films and television features, including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against the Ropes, and shared screen time with Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Eric McCormack, Gary Oldman, and a myriad of others. He passed away November 28, 2015.