How respected is Dan Jenkins as a golf writer? Well, he鈥檚 one of just three writers to be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame. The acerbic Texan loves the game, and has written on it extensively for Sports illustrated and Golf Digest. In 鈥淯nplayable Lies鈥� he shares 38 essays that he says are 鈥渢hrobbing with opinion.鈥� They are also often both hilarious and insightful on subjects ranging from player rivalries on the pro tour to the differences between old-money and new-money country clubs.
Here鈥檚 an excerpt from 鈥淯nplayable Lies鈥�:
鈥淚t鈥檚 easy enough to blame America for the six-hour round, the infernal plumb-bob, the blimp-size driver, the island green, and 鈥楪et in the hole!鈥� 鈥� son of 鈥榊ou da man!鈥� 鈥� but ask yourself this: What would the game be like without the gimme, the mulligan, improving the lie, and a chili dog at the turn?
鈥淗ere鈥檚 the thing: America has been very good for golf, even though we may have overcooked the game, which is to say over advanced it, and maybe overcorrected what we鈥檝e overcooked.
鈥淚f America hadn鈥檛 become interested in the game, we might still be swinging at the ball in tweed coats, neckties, and plus-fours, and talking like Lord Crawley, the Earl of Grantham.鈥�
