The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life: Lessons I've Learned from My Life on the Links

by Gary Player

Book Overview

On the Nature of Champions The most significant common intangible among the truly great is that they enjoy adversity . They want to be put in fear-inducing situations because they know it is the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579544789
• ISBN13: 9781579544782
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Player's class revealed

This book is quick, easy read and really gives one a sense of not only Gary Player's life within golf, but also the essense of his beliefs on life. He shows the reader how the honesty of the game carries over into one's life. I found the book very enjoyable, though probably more oriented towards a golfer.

Useful Wisdom

With reflections on his own life and not too subtle advice on how life should be lived, Player offers up a no-nonsense approach to life that can be applied certainly to non-golfers. He is clearly passionate about the game, a generous and magnanimous person, and charmingly opiniated with his South African personality coming through loud and clear.

Quick read but interesting

I've been a fan of Gary Player since the early 1960s, when he was young and I was even younger, so I was happy to get this as a gift from my very secure husband. I learned some things I didn't know about Gary Player, and found a lot of thought-provoking ideas about life in general. Some of the book might seem self-aggrandizing, but there's a lot of other stuff to chew on. I'm not a golfer (I have played a little, but not recently) but that doesn't matter for the enjoyment of the book. I read it all in a couple of train commutes, maybe an hour and a half. The book is nice physically, with good paper and a nice cover, so it would make a good gift.