The Complete Office Golf

Played on carpets, in conference rooms, around water coolers, behind potted plants, from sand-filled ashtrays, and between desks, Office Golf is a challenging enterprise. Consider, for instance, the problems presented by various floor coverings; from hardwood and linoleum to level-loop pile carpet and saxony plush, Owens offers tips for how to master them. Balls? If you forgot your wound balata and don't have a whiffle or Ping-Pong ball handy, Owens instructs you on how to properly engineer one by crushing a sheet of paper. He teaches you how to design a proper course--Office Golf even supplies the holes--and sneak your clubs in without the boss noticing, codifies rules and etiquette, and even addresses the "Inner Game." "Office Golfers often set unreasonably high expectations for themselves," he cautions. "When they fail to meet those expectations, they feel disappointed, perhaps even suicidal. This is foolish." Office Golf may be foolish too, but it will keep you smiling, which certainly shatters par for most nine-to-five enslavements. --Jeff Silverman

Product Description
It's finally here: golf for the office! No more Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 angst. No more interminably dreary Februarys. No more staring out the window on the first warm days of Spring, aching to be somewhere else. Now, hours once wasted planning, managing, manufacturing, selling, marketing, lawyering, and accounting can be put to productive use in putting, driving, and chipping. From how to set up a course in the conference room to facing a stairwell hazard--over or down?--The Complete Office Golf shows how to make a job seem like something you wouldn't mind doing for a living.

Profusely illustrated with instructional line art and photographs, Office Golf has it all: how to identify other obsessive, yet clandestine, golfers in the workplace (they refer to hallways as fairways and practice their Vardon grips on rulers); course design, including potted plants, water coolers, and other hazards; turf management; the short game--desk lobs, deciding whether to go under or over; specialized clubs; plus how to turn a supply closet into the essential 19th hole.

Bound into this eminently functional book are 12 color cardstock pages with 9 punch-out, reusable golf holes; a USOGA membership card; a bag tag; and a scorecard template.