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Talking on Tour : The Best Anecdotes from Golf's Master Storyteller
Talking on Tour The Best Anecdotes from Golf's Master Storyteller Author:Don Wade A deluxe gift book for golf lovers! Over the past decade, golf's master storyteller has shared with golf fans heartwarming off-the-cuff stories that truly capture the essence of America's most popular sport. He brought together living legends, past champions, and current top-of-the-leader-board stars in eight entertaining volumes of the g... more »reatest true golf stories ever told. Now Wade compiles the best of these stories in Talking on Tour, a handsome volume that golfers everywhere will wan for their own sports library. Here is a sampling of the humorous anecdotes in Talking on Tour :POLITICIANS Reporters asked former First Lady Barbara Bush for her reaction to the news that her husband was going to play in the Bob Hope Desert Classic along with President Clinton and former President Gerald Ford. "Isn't there already enough violence and bloodshed on television?", she said. CADDIES A group of wealthy Arab businessmen wearing traditional headdresses arrived at the Old Course at St. Andrews for a round of golf. At the completion of his round, one handed his caddie, an elderly Scotsman, a generous tip. "Thanks very much, your Excellency," said the caddie. "And I hope your head feels better."AMY ALCOTT Amy Alcott is one of the great characters in women's golf -- or in all of golf, for that matter. Not the least of her attributes is a wicked sense of humor and a great sense of comic timing. One day she called a writer friend to tell him that she'd just been named the top female Jewish athlete in the United States. "Congratulations, Amy," the friend said. "That's great. Who'd you beat?" "Some fencer from Brandeis," she deadpanned.« less