The Bogey Man (The Penguin sports library) |  | Author: George Plimpton
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
Buy New: $11.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5413557
Media: Paperback
Pages: 306
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0140064303
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3520207
EAN: 9780140064308
ASIN: 0140064303
Publication Date: March 31, 1983
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: pbk; 306pp; negligible shelfwear
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
"Plimpton will interest even the man who can't tell a pitching wedge from a putter.... This is really a book about a kind of madness with rules, and anyone can appreciate the appeal of that." -Newsweek
THE BOGEY MAN remains arguably the funniest book on golf ever written.
George Plimpton here joins the pro golf circuit for a month of self-imposed torture in the name of bringing professional sport to the sphere of the average man. Arnold Palmer, Dow Finsterwald, Wlater Hagan, and others populate this intriguing, classic, candid view from the first tee.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Mr. Charming August 25, 2007
Back way back when there were East Coast types that placed a high premium on what the English would call the glory of amateurism. So slip on that lime sports jacket and checked pink pants combo your grandpa used to wear, pour yourself a cocktail and meander out by the pool for some light evening conversation. Full of classic anecdotes like the one where two golfers are driving cross country and the one riding shotgun has a driver in his hand. Sometimes when they stop at a crossroads he likes to get out and take a few swings. Well out he gets one time and the driver doesn't notice, just takes off for about hundred clicks before he turns back.......
 Excellent get-well gift May 22, 1999
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As old as it is, this is still an excellent get-well gift for men who lived and died with the Palmer et.al. era. One does not even have to be an avid golfer to enjoy the book. Only a casual knowledge of the game is needed. I feel this was the best of Plimpton's books.
A refreshing look at the PGA Tour of the 60's from a hacker July 16, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Plimpton doesn't pretend to be anything other than what he is: a priveleged amateur of questionable skill who is afforded the opportunity to play in several west coast pro-ams with various professionals. He relates many anecdotes, both first and second hand, several of which are hilarious insights into a tour which hadn't, at this juncture, reached the sophistication which characterizes its status today. Plimton's typical self-effacing style makes this an enjoyable read.
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