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Final Rounds: A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime
Their relationship was forged on the golf course. Whenever there was a problem in their lives, Jim Dodson and his father would play a round and figure it out while smashing drives and lining up putts. But Jim's father was now 80 years old (Jim was 40) and his drives were not carrying the greens like they used to. Father and son could not play golf together forever, so they decided to take one last trip together--to the Scottish links where the father first played during World War II. Just before they left, however, the trip took on sudden significance as Jim's father found out his cancer had returned, and he had but a few months to live. Still they went, determined not to dwell on the inevitable, but to honor their lives and loves together: love for each other, their families, and for the game that helped keep them close. While playing in the world-renowned courses at St. Andrews and Muirfield, they encounter great golf lore and legend; but more importantly, a son learns secrets of his father's past and to admire him even more than he thought possible. In the process, he takes home some very important lessons about the meaning of family. Written with searing honesty and unbounded wit, "Final Rounds" is a tribute to a very special game and the fathers and sons who make it so.
Book Details
- Publisher: Bantam
- Publish Date: Oct 1st, 1997
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.16in - 5.40in - 0.73in - 0.53lb
- EAN: 9780553375640
- Categories: • Sports• Golf• Parenting - Parent & Adult Child
About the Author
James Dodson is a regular columnist for Golf magazine and an editor of Departures magazine. His work has appeared in Gentleman's Quarterly, Travel & Leisure, Outside, and numerous other national publications. He won the Golf Writers of America Award for his columns in 1995 and 1996.
Praise for this book
"A beautiful, deeply moving tribute to the love between father and son and their shared passion for golf. I have never read a more eloquent book about golf as a game where hearts can meet."
--Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom
--Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom
"James Dodson is a gifted writer who clearly understands and loves golf, but more importantly, he understands people and relationships. In the truest sense, final rounds is a moving love story."
--John Feinstein, author of The Majors
"A gripping, loving, and moving story...James Dodson is an excellent writer who understands golf...better than most."
--Ely Callaway, founder and chairman of Callaway Golf
"Final Rounds is about much more than the game itself. It is a journey of discovery for a father and son and for their relationship."
--USA Today
"You will enjoy this powerful and touching story between a father and son, and you will never read a sweeter testimony of that love."
--Ben Crenshaw