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Summary: So you want to be a European Tour caddie?
Review: "Maybe It Should Have Been a Three-Iron" is an entertaining and teasingly funny description of the author's exploits as a sports writer turned European Tour caddie for tour veteran Ross Drummond.It's obvious fairly early on that Donegan isn't cut out to be a caddie, and certainly not Drummond's caddie, but these are both desperate men in their own ways. Donegan is both self-deprecating and facetiously self-centered in his narrative and the resulting reading is frequently hilarious. This book is an excellent counterpoint to Feinstein's books about the PGA Tour, and in some respects paints a more endearing picture of the European Tour by pointing out its (not really, but almost) "minor-league" aspects. Highly recommended for anyone who likes a good golf story. Colorful personalities and rich scenery are a bonus!
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Summary: So you want to be a European Tour caddie?
Review: "Maybe It Should Have Been a Three-Iron" is an entertaining and teasingly funny description of the author's exploits as a sports writer turned European Tour caddie for tour veteran Ross Drummond. It's obvious fairly early on that Donegan isn't cut out to be a caddie, and certainly not Drummond's caddie, but these are both desperate men in their own ways. Donegan is both self-deprecating and facetiously self-centered in his narrative and the resulting reading is frequently hilarious. This book is an excellent counterpoint to Feinstein's books about the PGA Tour, and in some respects paints a more endearing picture of the European Tour by pointing out its (not really, but almost) "minor-league" aspects. Highly recommended for anyone who likes a good golf story. Colorful personalities and rich scenery are a bonus!
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Summary: Very funny book, even if you aren't 'into' golf
Review: AN excellent insight into the drudgery and excitement of participants in the world's second biggest golf tour. It is astonishing that Donegan's time with Drummond represented a pinnacle in the latter's career. This gives the book an exciting narrative structure that would have been regarded as corny if it were fiction. All this and it's very humourously written too. Fantastic.
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Summary: Pin High
Review: AN excellent insight into the drudgery and excitement of participants in the world's second biggest golf tour. It is astonishing that Donegan's time with Drummond represented a pinnacle in the latter's career. This gives the book an exciting narrative structure that would have been regarded as corny if it were fiction. All this and it's very humourously written too. Fantastic.
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Summary: There are better stories on golf out there....
Review: but this one is readable if only because it is a take on the Euro tour. It takes you to golfing venues and places that others dont. If you want a book about a player you know or courses and tournaments you are familiar with, then this is not your book. That, however, is the redeeming factor of this book. It does get dry because of that though, as it does the usual, painful breakdown of all of Ross Drummond's (Ross who?...exactly)shots and putts. This of course it what drops its rating down. A book like this on Tiger might rate 5 stars as we would all like to hear the inside scoop from his caddy. Where it does excel is with Donegan's wit, humor and exploits. When their relationship starts to sour Donegan takes more of an interest in his social life, and in places like Morocco you know it will get interesting. Chapter seven on his experience in Rabat is pretty dang funny.
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Summary: There are better stories on golf out there....
Review: but this one is readable if only because it is a take on the Euro tour. It takes you to golfing venues and places that others dont. If you want a book about a player you know or courses and tournaments you are familiar with, then this is not your book. That, however, is the redeeming factor of this book. It does get dry because of that though, as it does the usual, painful breakdown of all of Ross Drummond's (Ross who?...exactly)shots and putts. This of course it what drops its rating down. A book like this on Tiger might rate 5 stars as we would all like to hear the inside scoop from his caddy. Where it does excel is with Donegan's wit, humor and exploits. When their relationship starts to sour Donegan takes more of an interest in his social life, and in places like Morocco you know it will get interesting. Chapter seven on his experience in Rabat is pretty dang funny.
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Summary: A must for any enthusiastic golfer.
Review: Donegan's hilarious view on professional golf from the bottom of the heap guarantees wonderful hours of reading while rain or snow cover the holy land and its greens.
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Summary: I DON'T KNOW LAWRENCE DONEGAN BUT...
Review: I don't know Lawrence Donegan but, I'd like to shake his hand.Not since I read catch -22 for the second time, (the first time took me five atempts,because I just couldn't get my head around it) have I read a book cover to cover in one sitting.In the U.K. this book appears under the title A FOUR IRON IN THE SOUL, well,for me it had all fourteen clubs, the bag, the balls,the towel,THE LOT. They say "DON'T GIVE UP YOUR DAY JOB" well Lawrence Donegan did,and this account of his year "on the bag" of one of the european tour's lesser lights will probably convince many of us(wannabe caddies) NOT to give up ours.FIRST CLASS
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Summary: Very funny book, even if you aren't 'into' golf
Review: I read this book because I loved Donegan's other book 'No News At Throat Lake', which was both moving and hilarious. I don't play golf but know enough about it to enjoy the humor in this book, which kept me amused while I traveled around Ireland for three weeks. Donegan has a great ability to capture well the itinerant lifestyle of the B-grade pro-golfer, the emotional ups and downs of losing more than winning, the little triumphs and pleasures of golf, and the mental stamina needed to be a pro-golfer. I recommend this book to golfers as well as anyone who just wants a very funny read.
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Summary: a fine book, but...
Review: Lawrence Donegan has written a fine account of life on the lesser known Euro Tour, but he really didn't shed a great amount of light on my biggest question... What are you thinking trying to make a living looping for Ross Drummond? Did he think that it would improve his game? My answer, GET A LESSON FROM YOUR LOCAL PGA PRO. Also I found myself asking a British friend what half of the lingo meant. Should have come with a Brit to English glossary.
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