I just finished the book this morning. Took me less than a week. I couldn’t put it down.
I think @TomCoyne did an amazing job of putting into words what most of us think during a round of golf or what we think about the game of golf. I found myself multiple times getting nostalgic during this book about playing golf with my dad. About the friendships I’ve made playing golf. How golf has helped me through the tough times in my life.
Thank you, Tom!
Really enjoying this book, haven’t made it to the Cape Cod part yet, but happy to see Highland Links get 4 burger dogs.
Tried flipping through quickly to find it as well but tough with no section titles at top of page. Hopefully some info on Eastward Ho as well, drive by it every summer lusting
My dad lives a few minutes from Eastward, one day I will get a chance to play there. In the meantime, I’ll continue to enjoy the great public options on the Cape.
I just finished reading this part of the book this morning. The picture you posted really helps make it stick.
Page #? I’m not strong enough to not skip ahead
Page 290 is where he first mentions Highland Links but he sets the whole Cape up beginning on page 287. The chapter begins on page 281 but before 287 he talks about Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. This is the longest chapter I’ve yet to encounter in this book.
I finished ACCA over the weekend. A great read. One of those books where you get to the end and you wish you had a few chapters left.
I read a lot of books, but Coyne is one of the very few authors on my “pre-order without any questions” list.
My reading over the holiday weekend was bi-polar. I finished up ACCA with Coyne’s near poetic style of writing and then read a Bernhart Langer autobiography. I am fascinated by Langer’s story. His book was so hard to read though. It read more like a spreadsheet than a book. Just a dump of facts with no story telling.
Yeah amazed by Tom’s story telling ability. During his Silvies section when he was extolling his caddy I had a vision of some old guy who had no interest in being at the course and then flipped the page and realized he was talking about the goats.
I have watched the Tourist Sauce and knew about the goats but he drew me in so well
Haha, I actually read his description of his caddie out loud to my wife and she was like… damn, he really didn’t like his caddie. I revealed it was a goat and she thought it was both hilarious and well written.
I have hinted to my wife (by putting it in her amazon cart) that this would be a great father’s day gift. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and dive in after listening to the first pod.
Swope getting the nod as #3 best value course was pretty cool to see.
Any excuse to remind KC area refugees to answer the poll!
(not that poll)
I am about 100 pages in, and very eager to get to a few of the course I have played (including Eastward Ho!, my favorite course in the US based on one magical day out with a few Refugees last August), but need to stop in here to say that Tom’s writing about the connections between golf, male friendship and bonding with a less than forthcoming father around the game really hit home for me. See pp. 32-35.
I just finished the book and wish there were 380 more pages. Such great writing about the joys of golf and realizing that putting the ball in the hole, while the goal, is such a small part of the game. This was my first Tom Coyne book but I’ll have his Ireland and Scotland books ordered by the time you read this. Can’t recommend this book enough.
I’m sure some of y’all have seen this but others may have not:
Got my copy late yesterday and was only able to read the first few chapters…Tom already has sucked me into it…can’t wait to dive in more tonight.
After seeing Tom on Tourist Sauce, I started reading A Course called Ireland and loved it. Once I saw that A Course called America was coming out, I made sure to finish A Course called Scotland and Paper Tiger before the latest book hit my porch. Really love his writing style and storytelling. ACCA was a great book and wish there was more of it. Only have A Gentleman’s Game left to read and I’ll patiently have to wait for the next book.
