Product Description

It is sport's greatest event. The Ryder Cup - Europe versus the USA, three days of golfing brilliance at the Belfry featuring the best players in the world and the loudest, most partisan fans this side of an Old Firm derby. Lawrence Donegan - author, musician, European PGA Tour caddy (retired) - is determined play his patriotic part. Too mean to buy a ticket, and cruelly denied a place on the European team by a selection process emphasising the ability to play golf, Donegan tries - and fails - to become Lee Westwood's bagman at the Belfry. Then he lands the perfect job - Ryder Cup marshal. Free clothes, free food, his very own 'Quiet Please' paddle...and look at that uninterrupted view! This is a Ryder Cup story with a twist, a golf fanatic's story from the back of the tee by Lawrence Donegan, author of the bestselling Four-iron in the Soul.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39631 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

The Scotsman
"Irreverent, witty and self-mocking - Donegan knows his stuff and his verve, audacity and brazen cheek leap off the page"

From the Publisher
The funniest golf book since Four-iron in the Soul

About the Author
Lawrence Donegan was born in Stirling in 1961 (USA, 14-1/2 -9-1/2). He went to Glasgow University in 1979 (USA, 17-11), and graduated with an MA in politics and economics in 1983 (USA 14-1/2 -13-1/2). He was a member of the Scottish pop groups The Bluebells and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, before becoming a journalist in 1991 (USA, 14-1/2 -13-1/2). He is the author of four books, including the classic Four-iron in the Soul, published in 1997 (Europe, 14-1/2 -13-1/2. Thank God for that).

Customer Reviews

More Please !
Just like Donegan's tee shots - this book is too short.
Continues in the vein of "Four-iron in my soul" - very observant and very funny. This book will cause a few red faces in the golf marshalling world - worth reading (maybe a bit dear at a tenner for the hardback !) (Yes, Stuart you can borrow mine !).
I would also recommened Californian Dreaming if you like Donegan's wit and style - it opens up the world of United Staes Used Car Sales Techniques ?

Great but Short
This is vintage Donegan. However it is more like a long article than a hardback book.

Classic Donegan
Having read Four Iron in the Soul, I devoured this book by Lawrence Donegan. He has once again produced a golf book that is not a stuffy look at how the tournament is run but is more about the view for the fans. What Donegan does is, I'm sure, soething that many golf fans wish they could do.

The book had me laughing out loud in places and I cannot recommend it highly enough. The only downside is that it was so short. I could quite happily have continued reading it for another 140 odd pages.