The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life: Lessons I've Learned from My Life on the Links Paperback - 2008
by Gary Player
In the latest installment of the popular "Meaning of Life" series, this esteemed and beloved golfer opens up about what six decades of championship golfing have taught him about patience, human nature, endurance, friendship, weariness, and happiness.
From the rear cover
"Golf is, of course, only a game. But it is a game that loves you back. I know of no man, woman, or child that ever felt as if the game somehow let them down. It may at times challenge us more than we would like it to, but does not life do the same?"
If there were a Mount Rushmore of golf, Gary Player's handsome, well-recognized face would have to be included. The winner of more than 160 professional tournaments, Player is a member of The Big Three-- along with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer-- who dominated professional golf through the 1960s and 1970s. But Player's influence goes far beyond the golf course. Recognized as the Black Knight, he is an accomplished businessman and devoted family man, a life-long philanthropist, and tireless international ambassador of golf.
In "The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life," Player reflects on the most important life lessons that the game has taught him, lessons humble and profound, wise and universal. Written for nongolfers, new golfers, and experienced golfers alike, this is a book not about hitting a ball into a cup, but about what a funny old game can teach you about living life with strength, purpose, and joy.
From the jacket flap
"The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life "(TM)
"Lessons I've Learned from My Life on the Links"
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 ultimate test. The true prize is not the trophy. Rather, the prize is the knowledge that at precisely the right moment, one is able to exercise absolute self-control and precise judgment.
On Fate
We who play the game know that sometimes we get pleasant and unexpected surprises, such as a hole-in-one or a ball that skips off the water and onto dry land. We also know we are equally likely to get a bad break-- a wild bounce of the ball, a sudden gust of wind. The game leaves us no choice but to accept the good with the bad and to move on to the next shot.
On Competition
The game of golf challenges your mind anew every single day and presents you with the ultimate opponent: yourself. I've always been amazed that people can derive so much satisfaction out of beating others when they have never taken the ultimate test of battling themselves.
On the Role of Mind
The swing is not the thing. The professional tours were and still are loaded with people who can swing the golf club as gracefully as you please. That does not make them great players. The difference between being a good swinger of the club and a great player lies between the ears, in the mind. To keep your mind open to learning new things is to keep progressing forward in life.
On Positive Thinking
Details
- Title The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life: Lessons I've Learned from My Life on the Links
- Author Gary Player
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
- Date 2008-06
- ISBN 9781602392557 / 1602392552
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 6.97 x 5.28 x 0.56 in (17.70 x 13.41 x 1.42 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Golf - Psychological aspects, Golfers - Conduct of life
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007046630
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.352
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