Excerpts from the Book

• Introduction

Like a misty genie hissing forth from an antique bottle, the idea for this book emerged full-blown at two thirty in the morning. I was trying to reclaim just enough of the blankets hogged by my black lab, Leo, to cover my shoulders and protect me from the autumn breezes riffling through the open window. Golf seemed a concept entirely at odds with what was lurking outside, but that didn't matter; I was hatching a plan.

• Chapter One - Embracing Bogey
• Chapter Two - Mindfulness and the Doctrine of Less is More
• Chapter Three - Clubs Are Trump
• Chapter Four - Humility
• Chapter Five - Commitment
• Chapter Six - When Play Is Suspended: Build Your Own Golf Library
• Chapter Seven - The Head Thing
• Chapter Eight - Am I Really Just a Hack?
• Chapter Nine - Got Slice?
• Chapter Ten - The Most Important Split Second in Golf
• Chapter Eleven - Putting: The Way of the Green
• Chapter Twelve - Jekyll and Hyde Golf
• Chapter Thirteen - Intention and Execution
• Chapter Fourteen - A Recipe for Catching Up to Bogey
• Chapter Fifteen - Expectations
• Epilogue