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The Gift: A Story About Finding a Better Score in Golf and Life
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by Richard Monette, Printer Bowler, and Zero One Media Arts
Sales Rank: 1504926
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List Price: $14.99
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 182 pages
Published by: Innerwarrior Consulting; 12 edition December 31, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0973430702
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0973430707
Book Dimensions:
8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 2.4 ounces
Product Review
Reviewed by Christian H. Reichardt, DC, CCSP on the web site Golf-health.com
Throughout the course of a month I read a considerable amount of info about golf and the game. A lot of it is junk, some is interesting, some is good. But every-once-in-a-while I come across something extraordinary. Such is this book. It will captivate you from the beginning, because most of us golfers can relate to the characters in this story. The quest for a better golf-swing ultimately leads the main character to find out more about himself and this life. A fascinating story from start to finish.
Features + Benefits: A medium sized paperback book that is an easy enjoyable read. Every golfer's heart and mind will be touched. It is a touching story that explores how golf is a parable for life. I recommend it for anybody that is interested in improving their being and their game! --Reviewed by Christian H. Reichard on the web site Golf-health
Reviewed by C. Hofmann on the web site waggle.com
Author Richard Monette is a performance coach and sports psychologist with a great message for everyone. And, fortunately for us players, he's used golf as the setting folded his message into a clever novel entitled The Gift. The golfer in me was captivated by the story and the possibilities of what it could bring to my game while my professional side came away with good stuff to think about back at the office. I highly recommend this one for your winter reading list.
The story centers on the late life quest of Tom Morrison to make sense of his Grandpa's stories of spirits and forces in the game that protected and assisted the great players. His search brings him to one Irving Pirsig Jr., an older gentleman that Morrison had once known briefly. He had witnessed Pirsig win a tournament during which Morrison was convinced Pirsig had received supernatural help. Now Morrison wants answers and answers he gets as Pirsig proceeds to chronicle his own storied life and the forces that lead him to his own grail. He tells of Howie and Rocket, Sammy, The Manager, Poidmort, and Faith and how each took him a step closer to finding purpose through golf.
Beyond this great story, however, is Monette's message of coming to terms with our own little inner voice. You know, the one that yells Choke!; whenever you get into a pressure situation. Wouldn't it be nice to take a one iron to that little voice and actually enjoy the thrill of pressure golf? Well, that's exactly what Monette wants you to do so you can then simply let go, make your own rules, and then trust your game. But remember, this book is not just about golf, it is a great self help book filled with wisdom for all walks of life. --Reviewed by C. Hofmann on the web site waggle
Reviewed by an Stan Bartlett, a journalist-photographer-golfer on saskgolfer.com
Finding a better score The Gift: A story about finding a better score in golf and life; by Richard Monette of Banff, Alta. is an intriguing contribution to the world of golf literature. The novel is accurately compared to the movie the Field of dreams and actor Kevin Costner s spiritual quest for all things baseball. In the Gift, the protagonist Irving Pirsig, a high school teacher, becomes a star golfer with the help of spirits of a golf legend.
Monette approaches the novel with a unique background as a corporate performance coach, sports psychology consultant to professional athletes and even one of Canada s Olympians. This highly readable story aims and succeeds in recapturing the focus, drive, creativity and open-mindedness of play. --Reviewed by an Stan Bartlett on saskgolfer.com
Product Review
Reviewed by C. Hofmann on the web site waggle.com
Author Richard Monette is a performance coach and sports psychologist with a great message for everyone. And, fortunately for us players, he's used golf as the setting folded his message into a clever novel entitled The Gift. The golfer in me was captivated by the story and the possibilities of what it could bring to my game while my professional side came away with good stuff to think about back at the office. I highly recommend this one for your winter reading list.
The story centers on the late life quest of Tom Morrison to make sense of his Grandpa's stories of spirits and forces in the game that protected and assisted the great players. His search brings him to one Irving Pirsig Jr., an older gentleman that Morrison had once known briefly. He had witnessed Pirsig win a tournament during which Morrison was convinced Pirsig had received supernatural help. Now Morrison wants answers and answers he gets as Pirsig proceeds to chronicle his own storied life and the forces that lead him to his own grail. He tells of Howie and Rocket, Sammy, The Manager, Poidmort, and Faith and how each took him a step closer to finding purpose through golf.
Beyond this great story, however, is Monette's message of coming to terms with our own little inner voice. You know, the one that yells Choke!; whenever you get into a pressure situation. Wouldn't it be nice to take a one iron to that little voice and actually enjoy the thrill of pressure golf? Well, that's exactly what Monette wants you to do so you can then simply let go, make your own rules, and then trust your game. But remember, this book is not just about golf, it is a great self help book filled with wisdom for all walks of life. --Reviewed by C. Hofmann on the web site waggle
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