The Bogey Man

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<p><b>From the author of<i>Paper Lion</i></b></p><p>What happens when a weekend athlete of average skill at best joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton spent a month of self-imposed torture on the PGA tour to find out, meeting amateurs, pros, caddies, officials, fans and hangers-on along the way.</p><p>In<i>The Bogey Man</i>we find golf legends, adventurers, stroke-saving theories, superstitions, and other golfing lore, and best of all, Plimptons thoughts and experiences frustrating, humbling and, sometimes, thrilling from the first tee to the last green.</p>

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George Plimpton<b></b>(1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the<i>Paris Review</i>. He wrote regularly for such magazines as<i>Sports Illustrated</i>and<i>Esquire</i>, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

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