Amy Alcott joined the Ladies Professional
Golf Association (LPGA) in 1975 at the age of 19. During her career, she
won five majors and a total of twenty-nine Tour victories. It is safe to
say that she knows golf, competition, and what it takes to win on the highest
levels. Even with the assistance of Don Wade, former senior editor at Golf
Digest and the author or co-author of twenty books, I am saddened to
report that with The
Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life,
Amy does not know how to craft an engaging and interesting book on golf
and some of the people that play the game.
Contents: Foreword by Jim Nantz; Preface;
Jane Blalock; Bill Clinton; Ben Crenshaw; Kenny G.; Dennis Hopper; Steve
Kroft; Leslie Moonves; Jim Nantz; Jack Nicholson; Lorena Ochoa; Don Ohlmeyer;
Donna Orender; Dottie Pepper; Kyra Phillips; Rex Pickett; Dennis Quaid;
Pam Shriver; Annika Sorenstam; Ken Venturi; Robert Wagner; Karrie Webb;
Sandy Weill; Jerry Weintraub; Tom Werner; Jerry West; Jack Whitaker; John
Williams; Acknowledgements
Using the premise that every golfer
has a story, Amy Alcott mines her Rolodex to bring you stories from her
many friends; fellow golfers on the PGA and LPGA Tours, politicians, titans
of industry, and celebrities. Amy introduces each with a personal note
and closes with her thoughts on the individual as well as what she took
away from the interview. Most of the chapters are but a few pages (roughly
10), little time to actually get to know the person or care about their
inclusion. However, Amy makes it easy on the reader by closing each chapter
with her personal insights into the subject and the key to their philosophy;
in golf as well as in life.
It was a struggle to get through this
short (224 pages) book. Never did I connect with any of the subjects or
care about them. Some were hardly worth Amy's time or mine - for example
Sandy Weill, former CEO of Citigroup, only gave her an hour of his time.
It is evident that Amy has no time to really probe his best golf stories
or life lessons. But we do get a feel for all of the pictures in his office,
pictures of Sandy with heads of state, political and civic leaders, and
other framed proclamations and letters. Amy put too much importance on
the "ego wall" and not enough on the person behind the desk.
It is an example of how I felt cheated as I read this book. And how little
I cared about any of the subjects. If you are interested in a mini inventory
of a wealthy person's home, or the commanding views from their corner offices,
with a little conversation thrown in, this is the book for you. There is,
however, a really good idea for a book in here; this one just wasn't presented
properly.
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Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
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been called to a hotel in South Beach, responding to call concerning a
twenty-two year old female who has swallowed a "mix of vodka, Red
Bull, hydrocodone, birdseed, and stool softener." A rather typical
call for South Beach with the exception of the appearance of Bang Abbott,
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other states, I decided that it was time to discover what the series had
to say and show about my home state of Ohio. Much like the other books
in the series, Backroads
of Ohio: Your Guide to Ohio's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures,
by Miriam Carey and Ian Adams, will appeal to residents of the state of
Ohio or those vacationing within its borders. For residents, this book
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eWeek: Why Sharepoint 2010 Has Developers Excited
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