{"product_id":"why-golf-the-mystery-of-the-game-revisited-9780743242479","title":"Why Golf?: The Mystery of the Game Revisited","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bob Cullen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Golf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the grand tradition of such classics as \u003ci\u003eGolf in the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinal Rounds\u003c\/i\u003e comes a brilliant consideration of golf's inimitable and ever-growing popularity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1908, Arnold Haultain wrote a delightful book with a deceptively simple title: \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Golf.\u003c\/i\u003e It explores the love affair golfers have with their sport and has been a favorite ever since among connoisseurs and students of the game. Now, more than ninety years later, in a thematic continuation of Haultain's enduring treatise, Bob Cullen has crafted a literate and thoughtful book that chronicles his own quest to uncover the secrets to the spell that golf has cast on millions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy golf? Beginning with that essential question, Cullen's fascinating explorations lead readers to a range of exotic and unexpected places of mind, spirit, and geography. Cleverly establishing entirely credible links between seemingly unrelated items -- from the breathtaking prowess of Tiger Woods to the Iranian government's near banning of golf to how a baby's smile is related to our love of golf -- Cullen weaves a rich and amusing tapestry, discussing suck unexpected subjects as Platonic philosophy and the nature of faith. As whimsical and picaresque as it is earnest and intensely personal, \u003ci\u003eWhy Golf?\u003c\/i\u003e does for America's favorite weekend pastime what Peter Mayle did for the south of France and what George Will did for baseball.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409430831255,"sku":"9780743242479","price":1378.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780743242479.webp?v=1767311413","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-golf-the-mystery-of-the-game-revisited-9780743242479","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}