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Searching in St. Andrews: Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer Hardcover – April 2, 2024
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When Sean Zak arrived in St. Andrews, Scotland—the mecca of golf—he was determined to spend his summer in search of the game's true essence.
He found it everywhere—in the dirt, firm and proper, a sandy soil that you don't see in America. He found it in the people who inherited the game from their grandparents, who inherited it from their grandparents. He found it in the structures that prop up the game—cheap memberships and "private courses" that aren't private at all.
At every turn he also found LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed entity which descended on the professional circuit during that summer of the 150th Open Championship. Zak's personal pilgrimage now offered him a front-row seat at a cultural reckoning, one which pitted the game's longstanding customs against a divisive new force.
Searching in St. Andrews is the vivid chronicle of an unforgettable sojourn in the birthplace of golf, informed by sublime mornings on the Old Course playing with just four clubs, evenings spent analyzing legal documents riddled with greed, and the singular characters he encountered along the way.
Readers will meet a 92-year-old who just learned how to putt, explore the many differences between Golf Over There and Golf Over Here, and even experience caddying on the PGA Tour, from deciphering the yardage books to keeping your player on time to drinking until sunrise after you've missed the cut.
Written with heartfelt curiosity and charm, this is an essential portrait of golf amid the crosswinds of tradition, progress, and power.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherTriumph Books
- Publication dateApril 2, 2024
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101637273320
- ISBN-13978-1637273326
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- Publisher : Triumph Books (April 2, 2024)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1637273320
- ISBN-13 : 978-1637273326
- Item Weight : 1.22 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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Sean Zak is a writer at GOLF Magazine. He plays his golf and does his writing on the lakeshore in Chicago.
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However, this is not the main theme. Instead, Sean takes the reader on a journey of life with his summer in St. Andrews as the backdrop. How golf connects people from various walks of life and how just being open and available to others can enrich your life experiences. He also delves into his passion for golf and how it has ebbed and flowed and as a reader, I was able to relate this to my own life in not only golf but other passions.
His storytelling ability to evident in his writing as he paints a very vivid picture of the goings on around St. Andrews, the various characters he meets and the stories he hears which makes you feel like you are along for the ride with him. You are audience to Sean's personal development and his awareness of his own story puts the reader in a position to follow a similar journey and be aware of the people and things around you and show gratitude to them.
While this is a "golf book", it really felt like more than that and I have recommended it to many different people in my life with varying degrees of interest in golf. I would highly recommend reading it and I am looking forward to Sean continuing his career as a novelist.
Hard to put my finger on it, but something is lacking- empathy maybe? He seems pretty judgmental and harsh on some of his playing partners- especially poor Rich Halliday. Maybe things we think, but don't say out loud are better left unsaid, or left unwritten for all to read.
This would be 4th on my list of golf writers who have spent time overseas. Behind the gold standard "To the Linksland" by Michael Bamberger, "Two Years in St. Andrews" by George Peper, and "An American Caddy in St. Andrews" by Oliver Horowitz. All seem to be able to articulate what makes golf in Scotland- and the people of St. Andrews in particular so special.
Saying that, I loved reading about the Open over there and his observations inside the ropes and the first LIV press conference in London shortly after he got there. His insights about caddying in the Scottish Open were really sharp as well.
As a golf fan, I enjoyed the inside the ropes narratives that you won't find just anywhere. The chapter on Sean's caddying assignment is particularly memorable in this regard.
Having traveled a decent amount in Europe, I loved his description of the pace of life and the integration of the game and industry of golf into the communal life of St. Andrews. This is one of those unique books that you wish you could find more of.
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