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A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game by Tom Coyne
allie_i's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
booksrockcal's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
I have read this book twice. I read it first on audio in 2020 before what I thought would be my first trip to Scotland. It was an homage to my father and grandfather, the children of Scottish immigrants who loved golf. Due to COVID we did not make it to Scotland until 2022 and we are now returning in 2024 and I’m reading rather than listening to the book. I really enjoyed the passion of the author for golf and Scotland. It is a great book- I just wished for more historical and geographic context for the golf outings. A wonderful description of the Scottish landscape.
kratliff89's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
emilymdilley's review against another edition
5.0
I really cannot put into words how much I love Tom Coyne as an author. I thought nothing would top A Course Called Ireland (especially as I felt my love of that book was conflated by an upcoming golf trip in which I was “supposed” to play four of his favorite courses, thanks CoVid), but I really believe this is the first time I think the sequel is better than the original.
In A Course Called Scotland, Coyne sets off on another, crazy golf expedition. While Ireland’s main challenge was walking the full course (read: walking around the entire continent), Scotland’s main challenge is going to be over 100 rounds of golf in half as many days.
True to the first book, TC spins the golf courses of Scotland into epic stories of people, history and landscape. Even to an uninitiated person who knows nothing of the golf world, this book will leave you enlightened, educated and thoroughly entertained. I am not one to outwardly emote while reading, but I lost count of how many times I literally laughed out loud or read hilarious excerpts to my husband.
Where A Course Called Scotland differs from TC’s previous book on Ireland is that this time around he is searching golf’s homeland for the “secret to the game,” and in doing so he looks for secrets to his own happiness. By confronting his own demons, TC quietly encourages the reader to challenge their own, and ultimately puts forward a novel that is simultaneously all about golf, and at the same time all about life.
There is a lot more I can say about this one, but I’ll end it here. This was a great book to start 2021 off with and I can’t wait to read A Course Called America this summer!
In A Course Called Scotland, Coyne sets off on another, crazy golf expedition. While Ireland’s main challenge was walking the full course (read: walking around the entire continent), Scotland’s main challenge is going to be over 100 rounds of golf in half as many days.
True to the first book, TC spins the golf courses of Scotland into epic stories of people, history and landscape. Even to an uninitiated person who knows nothing of the golf world, this book will leave you enlightened, educated and thoroughly entertained. I am not one to outwardly emote while reading, but I lost count of how many times I literally laughed out loud or read hilarious excerpts to my husband.
Where A Course Called Scotland differs from TC’s previous book on Ireland is that this time around he is searching golf’s homeland for the “secret to the game,” and in doing so he looks for secrets to his own happiness. By confronting his own demons, TC quietly encourages the reader to challenge their own, and ultimately puts forward a novel that is simultaneously all about golf, and at the same time all about life.
There is a lot more I can say about this one, but I’ll end it here. This was a great book to start 2021 off with and I can’t wait to read A Course Called America this summer!
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