Rating: 
Summary: Not Credible.
Review: What good is a golf book that you can't believe what you are reading? Prior to this golf book I didn't realize the extent of how utterly full of hot air and of himself Johnny appears to be. One outright false statement in the book, on I believe page 224, states how Johnny won the San Francisco City Amateur Championship, the biggest amateur tournament in the country. False, he never won the tournament. I'm sure he laments not winning the tournament of his hometown, but that does not change the fact that he didn't win the tournament. Why he feels the need to fabricate titles is something he should do some sole searching for. Golf is afterall as much or more about truthfullness and honesty as it is any other aspect of the game.
Johnny also states that Tiger Woods has back problems and that back injuries are the "dirty little secret of the PGA Tour". The problem with this statement is that I recently heard Tiger say in an interview, that he has never had back pain except for when he grew four inches when he was 16-years-old. Elsewhere in the book when talking about conditioning, he stated that Billy Casper would only shake hands with his fingers and not his hand, because he claims Billy would not grip anything harder than his golf club for fear of throwing his body out of balance. Come on now, who opens Billy's pickle jars for him? Another secton of the book that stood out was how Johnny was telling how great a golf broadcaster he is. He gives a whole new meaning to the saying, "you've got to be cocky to be good". Even the title of the book, "I Call the Shots", suggests he is full of himself.
My comments are derived from reading about 20-25 pages of the book at the bookstore. I can only imagine how long my review would have been if I had read more. The book should have been placed in the fiction section.
Rating:
Summary: Not Credible.
Review: What good is a golf book that you can't believe what your reading? Prior to this book I didn't realize the extent of how utterly full of hot air and of himself Johnny appears to be. One outright false statement in the book, on I believe page 224, stated how Johnny won the San Francisco City Amateur Championship, the biggest amateur tournament in the country. False, he never won the tournament. I'm sure he laments not winning the tournament of his hometown, but that does not change the fact that he didn't win the tournament. Why he feels the need to fabricate titles is something he should do some sole searching for. Golf is afterall as much or more about truthfullness and honesty as it is any other aspect of the game. Johnny also states that Tiger Woods has back problems and that back injuries are the "dirty little secret on the PGA Tour". The problem with this statement is that I just heard Tiger say a couple of days ago in an interview, that he has never had back pain except for when he grew four inches when he was 16-years-old. Elsewhere in the book when talking about conditioning, he stated that Billy Casper would only shake hands with his fingers and not his hand, because he claims Billy would not grip anything harder than his golf club for fear of throwing his body out of balance. Come on now, who opens Billy's pickle jars for him? Another section of the book that stood out was how Johnny was telling how great a golf broadcaster he is. He gives a whole new meaning to the saying, "you've got to be cocky to be good". Even the title of the book, "I Call the Shots",suggests he is full of himself. My comments are derived from only reading about 20-25 pages of the book at the bookstore. I can only imagine how long my review would have been if I had read more. The book should have been placed in the fiction section.
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