Racing for Recovery: From Addict to Ironman Book

An enjoyable, if slightly melodramatic, telling of one man aiming for spiritual redemption through golf. As someone who has grown up in Scotland and had golf play a big part in that, there were certain sections that really rang true. I do feel he over-played certain aspects, for example by constantly mentioning how he thought it reflected Presbyterian morals, and his endless references to Scottish lack of optimism. But I did enjoy it.

There was one stage when I finished reading at midnight and then practiced putting in my bedroom, such was the desire to play that this book created. There was one section that really stood out, and sums up what golf as a game and as a passion can mean.

Golf isn't life. it's just a small radiant corener of it, like a chip of mirror-glass, the kind where if you bring it close enough and examine carefully from a number of angels, you can see the whole world of your eye, and a surprising amount of the world around you.