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Michael Bamberger
Born
in Patchogue, New York, The United States
April 15, 1960
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The Second Life of Tiger Woods
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Men in Green
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2015
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15 editions
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The Ball in the Air: A Golfing Adventure
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The Swinger
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2011
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12 editions
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The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale
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published
2006
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4 editions
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Wonderland: A Year in the Life of an American High School
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2004
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11 editions
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To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
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published
1992
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11 editions
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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)
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The Playing Lesson: A Duffer's Year Among the Pros
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This Golfing Life
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2005
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9 editions
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“Golf is like everything else. You plan. Then real life intervenes.”
― The Second Life of Tiger Woods
― The Second Life of Tiger Woods
“The scream is the great multitasker of human expression. It covers agony, ecstasy, relief, frustration. It's especially useful when you're at a loss for words.
Tiger did a lot of screaming that afternoon. With Joe. Coming off the green by himself. Walking toward the clubhouse, in response to his fans. His people. Primal screaming, his mouth so open you could count his teeth. Golf is famously a game for whispering. Roger Maltbie, in the NBC Sports trailers, is the Golf Whisperer. Spectators use their library voices. Players and caddies confer quietly. Golf, Calvinist by origin and reserved by tradition, had never heard such screaming, the likes of Tiger Woods, either. Tiger had won at Augusta, the place where he got the first of his fifteen, and a dam had burst.”
― The Second Life of Tiger Woods
Tiger did a lot of screaming that afternoon. With Joe. Coming off the green by himself. Walking toward the clubhouse, in response to his fans. His people. Primal screaming, his mouth so open you could count his teeth. Golf is famously a game for whispering. Roger Maltbie, in the NBC Sports trailers, is the Golf Whisperer. Spectators use their library voices. Players and caddies confer quietly. Golf, Calvinist by origin and reserved by tradition, had never heard such screaming, the likes of Tiger Woods, either. Tiger had won at Augusta, the place where he got the first of his fifteen, and a dam had burst.”
― The Second Life of Tiger Woods
“That made sense to me. More than any sport I know golf provides an all-encompassing code. The game's unwritten rules elicit socially redeeming behavior; when a match is over, you shake your opponent's hand. The game's written regulations place all players on an equal footing; everybody starts from behind the tee markers. Golf is a world unto itself.
Standing at the head of a course in the early light of a late-summer day, with the fog lifting and the sheep bleating grass clippings sticking to the sides of your shoes and the air smelling of damp wool, the golf course is a sanctuary. You wonder: What's in store for me today? There's hope in your voice, of course. Without hope, there is no golf.”
― To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
Standing at the head of a course in the early light of a late-summer day, with the fog lifting and the sheep bleating grass clippings sticking to the sides of your shoes and the air smelling of damp wool, the golf course is a sanctuary. You wonder: What's in store for me today? There's hope in your voice, of course. Without hope, there is no golf.”
― To the Linksland: A Golfing Adventure
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