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magicj_001's review
2.0
I have a lot of respect in Faldo as a championship golfer and have enjoyed watching him over the years. But, he always struck me as a bit of a jerk -- and this book didn't do anything to dispel that. Constant and consistent whining about how people did him wrong and misinterpreted his interview gaffes, etc. etc. I got the thought at one point half-way through this book that maybe he should re-examine his position. Seems everybody but himself (and his paid side-kicks) thinks he did something wrong, maybe he did something wrong. Its not like he is against saying he was wrong -- he does that also plenty of times in the book, but gee- it just seemed that he was wronged by so many people.
Other than that, I found the book a bit hard to follow. It tries to go along a chronological path, with the golfing year and the four majors featured prominently, but I kept losing track of where he was and what he was about at the time. There often wasn't really any good lead-up to the major if he didn't feature prominently.
All in all, maybe this book gets you into the mind of a championship golfer, but I'm not sure it does anything but reinforce the negative impression one would have of Sir Nick. This book copyright is 2004 so no mention of his travails as European Captain in 2008 Ryder Cup.
Other than that, I found the book a bit hard to follow. It tries to go along a chronological path, with the golfing year and the four majors featured prominently, but I kept losing track of where he was and what he was about at the time. There often wasn't really any good lead-up to the major if he didn't feature prominently.
All in all, maybe this book gets you into the mind of a championship golfer, but I'm not sure it does anything but reinforce the negative impression one would have of Sir Nick. This book copyright is 2004 so no mention of his travails as European Captain in 2008 Ryder Cup.
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