Fairways and Greens

Jenkins ( Semi-Tough ) has been a golf writer for four decades, and his addiction to the sport is palpable in this collection of articles from Golf Digest and Sports Illustrated , with a few additions. His mania is best expressed in his final piece, about playing all the major courses in Scotland, including Old St. Andrews, which Jenkins writes about reverently. Other selections are in a lighter vein, about being a pariah during a tournament at the host club where he is a member, about spoiled players who make too much money and golf hustlers and semicompetent cable TV reporters and about the impossible job of the golf pro. Jenkins has a list of bests and warm comments about the greats he has known. His occasional attacks of whimsy and fantasy work less well. But Jenkins is always knowledgeable and entertaining. (June)