The unsung, often downtrodden heroes of the golf world—the caddies—stand at the center of Coyne's ironically titled debut. In 1985, 13-year-old Timmy Price shows a mastery of golf that inspires awe in adults and envy among his peers,
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Tom Coyne, Author . Gotham $26 (328p) ISBN 978-1-59240-209-0
The title is a sly acknowledgment on Coyne's part of the karmic debt his memoir owes to George Plimpton, but while Plimpton merely finagled his way onto the PGA Tour, Coyne (A Gentleman's Game
) sets himself a higher goal: by dedicating a...
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Tom Coyne, Author . Gotham $26 (311p) ISBN 978-1-592-40424-7
In this cheerily self-deprecating work, Coyne—an Irish-American Philadelphian who never knew much about his roots and avoided exercise—describes how he undertook a wildly ambitious plan to spend four months playing over 40 golf courses...
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Tom Coyne. Simon & Schuster, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4767-5428-4
In this witty and charming follow-up to A Course Called Ireland, Coyne continues living a golfer’s dream by playing every links course in Scotland, golf’s birthplace. Approaching 40, the author sets out to play 107 courses across the United Kingdom’s
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Tom Coyne. Simon & Schuster, $28 (416p) ISBN 978-1-982-12805-0
Golf writer Coyne (A Course Called Scotland) traverses fairways and putting greens across America in this entertaining blend of travelogue, memoir, and sports writing. Determined to learn the history of golf in America, he set out to play the 51...
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