What is it about the game of golf that can cause otherwise normal folks
to lose all perspective? More than one person has seen their loved one
become consumed with the details of the quality of wood used in clubs,
or the type of cleats on their shoes. What is it about the game of golf
that can cause otherwise normal folks to lose all perspective? More than
one person has seen their loved one become consumed with the details of
the quality of wood used in clubs, the type of cleats on their shoes,
the distance between their feet, and the direction of the wind, not to
mention statistics, statistics, statistics. Featuring more than 500
facts about the sport that Paul Harvey describes as a game in which you
shout 'fore, ' shoot six, and write down five. Readers learn that
experts believe shepherds invented the game using their staffs to bat
around stones and that 12 percent of all lightning fatalities happen on
the golf course.