"How To Really Stink At Golf" - A Book Review

I found this book this morning at Walmart and had to get it. It's written by Jeff Foxworthy and Brian Hartt so you know it has to be funny. The idea of the book is that it's more of a hassle trying to be good at the game so you might as well try being really bad at it. And to that end, Foxworthy and Hartt provide advice and tips to make sure you can score as high as possible. Embracing your 'stinkiness' at the sport, as theorized by these authors, will bring you "an inner peace that surpasses all understanding."

Some advice from the book:

"Try to pick a cart that looks like it's been through a war. Because with your game, it's sure to have to go off-road at some point."

"In the mysterious world of golf, there are evil forces at work that will keep you from having a bad round. And one of the most powerful of these is 'having fun.' Avoid fun. Fun is for children. And otters." I love the otters thing.

On the subject of playing partners: "As we've discussed, it's next to impossible to really stink at golf without stress. So you should select the group you're playing with carefully.... (a promising foursome) You, your wife, your ex-wife, and your girlfriend."

It's a very small volume and I'm not finished with it yet. I started reading it at lunch today and have a few more lessons to go.

I don't know how golfers who spend a lot of time trying to play the game well will react to this book. I guess it would be like a life-long dieter being told that she (me) should eat chocolate cake every day. Or maybe it would be like that book "1984" where the bad guys keep trying to convince the main character that up is down and black is white and so on.

It's a funny book and I get the feeling that it needs to be read a few times before you get the whole meaning behind it all. And there are some nice drawings in the book as well. One is of a very cute little duck standing on a green in a rainstorm.

I paid $10.97 for the small hardcover edition. The price tag says list price is $16.00. You might be able to find it cheaper online.