The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport

by Carl Hiaasen

Originally drawn to the game by his father, Carl Hiaasen wisely quit golfing in 1973. But some ambitions refuse to die, and as the years–and memories of shanked 7-irons faded, it dawned on Carl that there might be one thing in life he could do better in middle age than he could as a youth. So gradually he ventured back to the dreaded driving range, this time as the father of a five-year-old son–and also as a grandfather.   “What possesses a man to return in midlife to a game at which he’d never excelled in his prime, and which in fact had dealt him mostly failure, angst and exasperation? Here’s why I did I’m one sick bastard.” And thus we have Carl’s foray into a world of baffling titanium technology, high-priced golf gurus, bizarre infomercial gimmicks and the mind-bending phenomenon of Tiger Woods; a maddening universe of hooks and slices where Carl ultimately–and foolishly–agrees to compete in a country-club tournament against players who can actually hit the ball. “That’s the secret of the sport’s infernal seduction,” he writes. “It surrenders just enough good shots to let you talk yourself out of quitting.” Hiaasen’s chronicle of his shaky return to this bedeviling pastime and the ensuing demolition of his self-esteem–culminating with the savage 45-hole tournament–will have you rolling with laughter. Yet the bittersweet memories of playing with his own father and the glow he feels when watching his own young son belt the ball down the fairway will also touch your heart. Forget Tiger, Phil and Ernie. If you want to understand the true lure of golf, turn to Carl Hiaasen, who offers an extraordinary audiobook for the ordinary hacker. This edition includes an excerpt from Carl Hiaasen's Bad Monkey.

Genres: Sports, Nonfiction, Humor, Memoir, Audiobook, Biography, Comedy

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida, he joined the Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspaper’s weekly magazine and prize-winning investigations team. As a journalist and author, Carl has spent most of his life advocating for the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family live in southern Florida.

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 1 out of 5]

The only reason I watch golf is to see Tiger Woods. I chose this book because I've liked a number of Hiassen’s books, especially Lucky You. As far as this golf book goes...as I said, I like Tiger Woods and this book aint no Tiger Woods. 1 of 10 stars.

[H. Hall · Rating 1 out of 5]

I often read fairly frivolous books...just for pleasure...and sometimes those books offer more than simple pleasures. Carl Hiassen, one of the most insanely funny and intensely ecological writers we have, often give me more than simple pleasures in is novels.

It is unfortunate, then. to see him turn his immense talents into a book as poorly crafted and humorless as is The Downhill Lie. The only value I can see in this book might be to pad Mr. Hiassen's wallet. There are enough people who will buy almost anything he writes to do that. Perhaps he had a deadline and could think of nothing to write...and that's pretty much what he has written.

If you want to read humor on golf courses, try almost any of Texas (not Florida) writer Dan Jenkins's novels set on those over-watered green fairways. His most recent, The Franchise Babe, is far from his best, but stands head and shoulders above this lousy memoir of a bad golfer by Hiassen.

If you want serious nonfiction that is well-written and insightful, try any of John Feinstein's excursions onto great golf courses. But don't waste your money on Hiassen's latest lack of effort. Wait, instead, for his next novel.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

needed to read a book about sports for a reading challenge. this was silly & self deprecating enough that it wasn’t hard to get through… but it’s still about golf so 3.5 stars lol

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am an avid golfer and laughed my way through this book. If you have ever had the s word (and did I ever for several years) you totally understand what the poor man was going through.

[Gill · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Downhill Lie
Will He Ever Feel Good About Golf?
One of the hardest things about golf is quitting for 30 years, than playing well when you’re 50. This is exactly what Carl Hiaasen did. We will follow his journey returning to golf, and let’s see what happens.
The Downhill Lie by Carl Hiaasen is a great memoir about this fantastic author’s golf life. In 2007, Carl Hiaasen’s journey with the game started in Florida. Mike Lupica, David Feherety, and Mark Leibo help Carl with his golf outings. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. It was hilarious, but I wouldn’t recommend it to non-golfers because they might not get all of the concepts of golf, and they wouldn’t understand that Carl wants to master the game of golf, they wouldn’t see that it is very hard to master golf, and that’s why Carl is working so hard.
Carl Hiaasen thinks he is bad at golf because he hits a lot of shanks, he doesn’t have the right putter, and because his age is getting to his right knee.
Carl Hiaasen hits so many shanks, that he banishes the word from his vocabulary. Carl Hiaasen writes “ the sh____ have set in so stubbornly” (173). Leibo says “you can sh___ it all day long and I don’t care, as long as you give me two pars” (173).
Carl Hiaasen doesn’t have a consistent putter. This is another reason why he thinks he sucks at golf. Carl Hiaasen says, “I’m not good enough for you” as he puts the Cameron putter that had been a gift from his wife into his locker. Carl Hiaasen gets a new putter called the “Rossa,” which apparently forgives mis-hits (all on page 159). It works for a couple of rounds before it also fails Carl. I think the putters aren’t failing Carl, I think Carl just doesn’t want to blame himself for his putting mis-fortunes.
Carl doesn’t use this excuse much but a pro teacher says he shanks because his knee hurts. Steve Archer says the accursed sh___ is the result of sliding rather than pivoting away from the ball. He theorizes that Carl is doing this because the pain in his right knee makes it uncomfortable to rotate the hips (180). Carl Hiaasen thinks he is bad at golf because he hits a lot of shanks, he doesn’t have the right putter, and because his age is getting to his right knee. Carl Hiaasen gets frustrated when playing golf. So do I. Carl also does some klutzy things, like drowning a golf cart. Sometimes I’m a klutz too. One time I hugged somebody that I thought was my dad, but it wasn’t my dad. I guess that doesn’t compare to drowning a golf cart, but it was one of my many mistakes. Even though Carl has had some trouble on the golf course, he should know that it’s important to stick with it-not just in golf, but never give up in life.
I worked very hard on this assignment and I really was into this book, so the book review went pretty fast especially since I just added onto my last book review. It was easy to find quotes for the three reasons. It was hard to add quotes to my story because I finished reading the book a while ago. But it was easy to add onto the paragraphs by just adding my thoughts to the paper.

[thewestchestarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short version: Hiaasen hits ball, ball doesn’t go in hole, Hiaasen feels bad about himself. Repeat for 244 pages.

Long Version: The short version above represents more accurate summarization than snarky criticism. ”A Downhill Lie grows out of a golf journal Hiaasen keeps during a roughly 18 month return to the activity of golf in which he details his deteriorating play, efforts to remedy it and the emotional toll it takes on him. The book lacks true literary merit – it isn’t particularly funny or dramatic or moving or interesting or entertaining in any real sense. He makes some small effort at participatory journalism by partaking in a few clearly dubious stroke cutting pills, drills and products offered for sale to golfers who tend to have far more money than skepticism when it comes to improving their game. However, Hiaasen clearly brings the perspective of the believer (until the magical bracelet, pill, training club, etc. proves to be ineffective) and not the objective journalist or winking, Michael Moore-esque critic. He tries to weave in golfing memories of his deceased father but and burgeoning memories of playing with his wife and small children but these are too straightforward and perfunctory to offer much juice. He does offer some reflected celebrity glory but these are either on the level of celebrity of sportswriter Mike Lupica or stories about how he saw someone say something to Tiger Woods.

In the end Hiaasen simply spends a lot of time talking about the horrendous round of golf that day and how it made him question his fundamental worth as a human being. It seems he doesn’t so much feel bad about himself because of his course performance but sees his course performance as an outward reflection of his fundamental unworthiness. Unfortunately, this self-loathing isn’t severe enough to qualify as worthy of note (at one point he drowns his sorrows in Coca-cola yawn). In short, one wonders why the accomplished writer of fiction didn’t embellish his anecdotes a bit – this is memoir after all and no one would have done a reconciliation between his private golf journal and finished book. Try reading one of his novels, maybe they are entertaining.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carl Hiassen is a very funny guy. If you don't believe me, just check out any of his abusrdly funny novels.

Turning his eye to the non-fiction realm, Hiassen looks at his taking up the game of golf again after a 32-year break. Hiassen's look at how the game can grow into an obsession is wonderfully witty, wryly observed and self-deprecating. The great part is that Hiassen doesn't take himself too seriously, allowing the reader to experience the highs and lows of trying to play the game of golf.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Native Floridian and journalist/novelist Carl Hiaasen dishes on golf while relating in painful, painstaking detail his own futile attempts to improve his golf game. New technology promises better results, whether its high-tech drivers, swing simulators, newfangled putters or ever-expensive golf balls, but Hiaasen manages only to be consistently inconsistent, no matter what new gadget he employs. Better than his hit or miss shots are some great observations about the game and the business of golf. For instance, in this time of rampant land development in America, he points out how, in some places (especially Florida), golf course designs actually do help preserve wetlands and natural habitat (and, of course, Hiaasen has more than his fair share of colorful encounters with exotic creatures lurking in the woods while looking for errant balls). His description of mega-developments like The Villages, with dozens of golf courses for the residents, is particularly hilarious, calling it a place to live if you want to die while wearing your Footjoys. Enjoyed the audiobook, read by Hiaasen himself, perfect for a road trip to a golfing destination, Florida or otherwise.

[Jonathan · Rating 2 out of 5]

As much respect and admiration as I have for my fellow Floridian, I have to say this book does seem like an afterthought. Many of the other criticisms are valid. It appears someone had the bright idea to take this gentleman's journal and publish it. Having said that, I read the book quite rapidly and enjoyed it immensely. I have the creeping suspicion I'm a very specific target audience. 1) I recently began golfing again after nearly 20 years of retirement following a lackluster career on my high school golf team. 2)I'm semi-fluent in golf speak, a language that would leave someone who has never been in the loop scratching their heads 20 pages in. 3) I've been a huge fan of the author since I was a kid when he described my home town in vivid and epic detail in a few of his books. 4) this factoid is perhaps most important...I borrowed the book and spent not one penny on it.

Hiaassen's wit and witticism remains firmly intact, but unless you meet some or all of the above criteria, then chances are slim you'd find much to latch onto in this rapid fire golf journal. At times it seems much like the internal dialogue of a middle aged man trying to find meaning and the latest void filler is the sport of golf. Had my mother never handed me a secondhand copy of "Tourist Season" all those years ago,I might have never known what a gifted writer this man is. This book certainly doesn't go far to support that statement, nor would it inspire a first-timer to investigate that thesis any further. You will either plow through this book in no time or become completely dumbfounded and abandon it. I don't suspect many opinions will fall in-between.

[Brad Lyerla · Rating 3 out of 5]

The humorist, journalist and crime novelist, Carl Hiassen, returned to golf in his early 50s after not playing for 30 years. This book chronicles his return. It is hilarious and it hit home hard for me. I recommend it to golfers.

Mostly, Hiassen describes his frustration at the difficulty of the game while he pokes fun at his own highly inflated expectations for how he will score on the course. He spices the narrative by including funny stories about his friends in golf, David Feherty and Mike Lupica, among many others.

This book hit home for me, because I took up golf a few years ago at the age of 50. It turns out that this was an act of insanity. Golf is the hardest thing I have attempted and it is an enormous disadvantage not to have played when young.

In Hiassen's case, he ascribes some of his attraction to golf to the dark and irrational view of life that comes with his Norwegian ancestry. As for me, my mother and my wife are Norwegian. So there is that.

[Stephenphillips19 · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are looking for a funny read to fill your spare time, this book will do the trick. There is not any kind of major plot to this book, other than to make you laugh...a lot. I found myself laughing almost every page of the book. It is a quick read, so if you dont feel like you have accomplished anything after reading it, at least you didnt waste too much time on it. If you want to understand this book you will need at least a beginners knowledge of golf, and a love for the sport. If you dont have at least one of those you will find yourself putting this back on the shelf in the first 10 pages.

[PulpDogg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never read anything of Carl Hiaasen, but always wanted to. Since I am very interested in Golf (but don't play yet) and stumbled on this, it became my first read of his work.

I think its great. I can't compare it to his other works yet, but on its own its pretty funny. I love jargon laced descriptions of sporting events (Grishams "Bleachers" comes to mind here), so his accounts of his games and the tournament were great.

Even better were the times he either remembered something about his father and his relationship to him or when he saw his own son play golf.

Overall an excellent read.

[Monique Van Der Heijden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew nothing about golf. Now I know a little bit more and I am sure it’s not my cup of tea. But I laughed out loud at the descriptions of Hiaasen’s adventures.

[Marci Delson · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you’ve ever tried to master the game of golf yourself, you will recognize the struggle and laugh your way through this book!

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the writing in The Downhill Lie is punchy, often funny, and vivid, there really are only two reasons to read it: A) if you love or hate golf, and B) if you are a fan of Carl Hiaasen's novels. This is a memoir of a middle-aged man returning to a frustrating game and achieving, yet again, true mediocrity. The setting, in my opinion, is the worst of golf. Hiassen has become wealthy enough to become a country club golfer, a golf tourist, and a consumer of golf equipment and lessons. In other words, he has entered the socio-economic stratum that separates golf from most of the world, leaving his earlier exposure to the game on municipal courses largely behind.
The real reason HIaasen played golf in the first place was to spend time with his father out on the course. That's one of, again, two reasons to love golf: A) many of us, myself included, fell under its spell because we were out there on the course with dad; dad was teaching us things and listening to us; dad was all ours; B) golf is a unique blend of nature and geometry, both beautiful realities; as John Updike even more memorably wrote about golf, the point is to draw lines across the universe with a white ball instead of a pen or pencil; that gives you, on occasion, a godly feeling.
To Hiaasen's credit, he understands both these things about golf , or at least he remembers them. He makes much of his anxieties and frustrations about being no good, but he is happy to play by himself. Golfers who enjoy the game most for its social aspects conform to a lot of its upper class snootiness and exclusivity. Golfers who play by themselves are in touch with their dead fathers and the compelling worlds of physical and metaphysical reality; in other words, they are engaging in rites that are both religious and artistic.
I'm serious about this. I guess you can tell this. Tiger Woods, about whom Hiaasen writes, clearly drives himself and his golf balls for these two reasons: to stay close to the father who taught him golf and to struggle with the mind and matter. He could care less about social status. He's a loner in a group game. Yes, he's rich and famous, but his yacht is called Privacy; he wants to get away from the world except in terms of father/son relations and cosmic engagement.
Of course, anyone who wants can flip this scenario and make it a story focused on women feeling the same way about golf. I am making it a man's story because Hiaasen is a man, and so am I. Gender, in fact, has little to do with it.
The story-line here is that Hiaasen wants to prepare for a club championship and acquit himself well. Naturally, he flops at that. This is funny to an extent but rather familiar to most golfers and probably bewildering to most non-golfers. Non-golfers cannot be persuaded by anyone that miserable failure is worthwhile.They also do not understand that on a golf course you might see an eagle or a fox or a deer or fascinating banks of clouds.
Again, the wealthier you become, the worse golf becomes. First, you have the money to rent golf carts, or even own them. That ruins the tempo and engagement of the game. Second, you play in a context of peer competitors who do not love you wildly. Third, you eat and drink too well before, during the turn after the ninth hole, and at what is called the 19th hole, which is the country club bar and grill where you and your buddies laugh at one another and talk about equipment or lessons you lust after.
True golf, in my experience, is going to a public course, playing alone or with strangers, and meditating. At times even a crappy golfer like Hiaasen can hit a ball as well as anyone in the world. He could never hit a major league pitcher's fast ball, but a golf ball just sits there and luck intervenes in your favor. Off goes a shot that is lovely to watch and remember. Tiger Woods couldn't hit it better (but at least he knows how he did it).
The book wisely ends with Hiaasen falling in deeper love with his son, teaching him golf, or simply finding his way into the game or into his dad's love. Hiaasen is a kind of skipping stone as a writer so he doesn't go deep into the meaning of love, but his instincts are good. He knows that his deteriorated state as a middle-aged man is not significant. It happens to all of us unless we die young. What's important about golf are those eagles and foxes and soaring shots and memories of having your father's eyes fixed on you as though you were the center of the universe, which is what a young boy or girl really is.

[Paul Hyde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairly entertaining golf book. Funny in places.

[The Captain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ahoy there me mateys!  So I discovered this author due a cat on the cover.  That book was scat and I loved it.  It was cute and funny.  When I went to look at what else he had written, I came across his non-fiction about golf.  Now to be fair, I know absolutely nothing about golf other than miniature golf.  Which people claim is hardly the same thing.  The book's subtitle be "a hacker's return to a ruinous sport."  That and the blurb made me interested.  So I listened to the audiobook.

What a found was an silly adventure into one man's relationship with the sport.  For all Mr. Hiaasen's claim to dislike the game, only someone who loved it could subject himself to such humiliation on the course time and time again.  I absolutely loved reading about the ridiculous lengths that people (mostly men) go to in order to improve their game.  From arguments about how many dimples should be on a golf ball, to the different types of clubs, to stroke cutting pills, it be amazing what people spend money on.  I also though the sections on how wildlife in Florida has moved to the golf courses due to loss of habitat were interesting.  Mr. Hiaasen's reflections on this and the wildlife he sees on the green were wonderful.  And at times very very funny.

The book does go into a lot of detail about specific rounds of golf.  The author kept a golf diary of every stroke.  This took up most of the second half of the book and since I have no idea how golf is scored, it did get repetitive and boring in parts.  But I did enjoy reading about the golfing misadventures and a topic about which I knew nothing.  I do now know that I will stick with putt-putt.  Arrr!

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[Manh Chuong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tuyen U23 Viet Nam chap canh| LuongSon
Đội tuyển Olympic Việt Nam tiến tới ASIAD mang đội hình chính yếu là những cầu thủ U20 và ko đặt quá nhiều áp lực. Đây là một cơ hội tốt để HLV hoàng anh Tuấn và các cầu thủ vượt qua các thách thức tư nhân của họ, muốn thấy đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam sẽ tiến đến Asiad 2023 mang hành trang như thế nào, thái độ khi tham chiến ra sao thì hãy theo dõi bài viết của Lương Sơn TV ngay nhé!
Bước đi đúng đắn của đội tuyển Olympic Việt Nam

Sau khi ông Philippe Troussier được bổ dụng làm cho HLV trưởng đội tuyển U23 và tuyển đất nước Việt Nam, Liên đoàn bóng đá Việt Nam (VFF) đã đặt ra nhiệm vụ cụ thể trong năm 2023. Điều này bao gồm việc ko cho phép HLV Troussier dẫn dắt đồng thời cả đội tuyển U23 và đội tuyển quốc gia tham dự những giải đấu liên tục.
lộ trình của U23 Việt Nam trong nửa cuối năm 2023 và đầu năm 2024 rất dày đặc có ASIAD 19 và U23 Asian Cup 2024. Điều này đòi hỏi điều chỉnh kế hoạch doanh nghiệp ban sơ, vì những giải đấu này xen kẽ có Giải U23 Đông Nam Á, vòng mẫu U23 Asian Cup 2024 và những đợt FIFA Days trong tháng 9, 10 và 11.
Do tầm quan trọng của các giải đấu này, VFF đã quyết định chia "nửa" cho đội tuyển U20 Việt Nam do HLV vàng anh Tuấn dẫn dắt. U20 Việt Nam sẽ tham dự các giải đấu không quá quan yếu như U23 Đông Nam Á 2023 và ASIAD 2023.
Giải U23 Đông Nam Á ko được coi trọng bởi nhiều liên đoàn bóng đá. U23 Việt Nam đã từng vô địch giải này năm 2022 mang đội hình được xây dựng khá chắp vá. Khi mà đấy, ASIAD 19 vượt xa khả năng của Olympic Việt Nam.
Tuy ASIAD 18 đã mang đến một lịch sử mang Olympic Việt Nam lọt vào bán kết trước khi thua Hàn Quốc, nhưng khi ấy đội hình U23 Việt Nam với phổ thông ngôi sao đã lên tuyển quốc gia và thậm chí là những cầu thủ trụ cột. Lịch trình của đội bóng cũng ko quá dày đặc như khi này.
Xem thêm bài viết: Đoàn thể thao Việt Nam đề ra chỉ tiêu giành từ 2 tới 5 huy chương Vàng tại ASIAD 19
bây giờ, U23 Việt Nam đã vượt qua vòng dòng U23 Asian Cup 2024 và cần thời gian để nghỉ ngơi và chuẩn bị cho mùa giải mới. HLV Troussier cũng muốn các cầu thủ trẻ này có cơ hội thi đấu rộng rãi hơn trong V.League và chẳng phải tham gia liên tiếp những giải trẻ quốc tế.
Hơn nữa, ASIAD 19 không hề là giải đấu quyết định đội tuyển tham dự Olympic Paris 2024 của Liên đoàn bóng đá châu Á (AFC). Vì vậy, ngay cả khi Olympic Việt Nam đặt ra mục tiêu cao tại giải đấu này, khả năng thu được kết quả như ý là khá khó khăn.
Đáng chú ý, ASIAD 19 đã nâng cao ngừng tuổi cho các đội bóng lên 24 tuổi do hoãn lại một năm. Phổ thông đội tuyển đã triệu tập các ngôi sao hàng đầu, biến đội tuyển Olympic phát triển thành 1 phiên bản thu nhỏ của đội tuyển đất nước. Tuyến Olympic Saudi Arabia, tỉ dụ, đã triệu tập 9 tuyển thủ đất nước. Bởi thế, cạnh tranh cho Olympic Việt Nam để tạo nên bất thần như vậy như năm 2018.
trong khi đó, U23 Asian Cup 2024 là giải đấu mà đội tuyển áo đỏ sẽ quy tụ thi đấu. Giải đấu tại Qatar sẽ tụ hội 16 đội tuyển bậc nhất và cũng là vòng dòng Olympic Paris 2024 của AFC. Ba đội tuyển đứng đầu sẽ có vé tới Paris. Dù rằng ko tiện dụng, khả năng của U23 Việt Nam để lọt vào top 3 vẫn cao hơn hồ hết so mang việc giành huy chương tại ASIAD 19.
kỳ vọng trong thầm lặng của các cổ cổ vũ

Quyết định gửi đội tuyển U20 Việt Nam tham dự ASIAD 19 hẹn sẽ mang đến phổ quát cảm xúc thú vị cho người hâm mộ. Điều thú vị là các đội tuyển Việt Nam thường chơi tốt hơn khi họ không phải chịu áp lực quá lớn. Các cầu thủ trẻ sẽ cảm thấy tha hồ để thể hiện thiên tài của họ mà ko cảm thấy áp lực từ phía giới chiêu tập điệu.
ví dụ rõ nét nhất về điều này là chiến thắng vô địch U23 Đông Nam Á 2023 tại Thái Lan. Ko rộng rãi người tin rằng đội tuyển dưới sự dẫn dắt của HLV vàng anh Tuấn mang thể giành chức quán quân, nhưng họ đã vượt qua đội tuyển U23 Indonesia dưới sự quản lý của HLV Shin Tae-yong để lên ngôi vô địch. Đây là một thành công ngoài sức mong đợi của cả Liên đoàn bóng đá Việt Nam (VFF) và ban huấn luyện của đội tuyển.
thực tiễn cho thấy lứa cầu thủ U20 của Việt Nam hiện tại cũng sở hữu các thiên tài tiềm năng ko kém so với đội tuyển U23, thậm chí sở hữu thể là mạnh hơn. Trong số này có các chiếc tên thân thuộc như Quan Văn Chuẩn, Phan Tuấn Tài, Bùi Vĩ Hào, Nguyễn Thái Sơn, khuất Văn Khang, Nguyễn Đức Việt, Nguyễn Quốc Việt và Định Xuân Tiến. Cho phép những cầu thủ trẻ này có dịp miêu tả nhân tài ở 1 đấu trường cao cấp chẳng phải là một ý tưởng tồi, bởi họ thường ko có cơ hội thi đấu đa dạng ở giải V.League.
Trong vòng loại U23 Asian Cup 2024 cách đây không lâu, 1 số cầu thủ U20 đã ghi điểm mạnh lúc được ra sân như Nguyễn Thái Sơn, qua đời Văn Khang và Bùi Vĩ Hào. Họ hứa hẹn sẽ trở thành bộ cầu nối giữa lứa cầu thủ trẻ của Việt Nam sở hữu đội tuyển U23 và đội tuyển quốc gia dưới sự dẫn dắt của HLV Troussier lâu dài.
VFF đang đẩy mạnh triết lý bóng đá đồng bộ ở mọi cấp độ, từ U18 trở lên. HLV hoàng anh Tuấn đã công nhận rằng lối chơi của đội tuyển U20 tương đồng với lối chơi của đội tuyển đất nước. Điều này nhằm giúp các cầu thủ trẻ nhanh chóng thích ứng khi được gọi lên đội tuyển quốc gia mà không cần nhiều thời gian điều chỉnh. Đây là 1 triết lý tiến bộ trong cách VFF đang tiến hành công tác vững mạnh bóng đá ở Việt Nam. Nếu triết lý này được thực hành thành công, mai sau của đội tuyển quốc gia Việt Nam hứa sáng sủa
cổ vũ đội tuyển U23 Việt Nam tham dự Asiad 2023 cùng Luongson

Việc gửi đội tuyển U20 Việt Nam tham dự Asiad 19 mang thể đem lại phổ quát điều thú vị và xúc cảm mới cho người ngưỡng mộ. Điều này bởi các đội tuyển thường biểu đạt phải chăng ngẫu nhiên gánh sức ép quá lớn. Điều này đã được minh chứng qua chức quán quân của đội U23 Việt Nam tại U23 Đông Nam Á 2023, 1 thành công ngoài dự kiến.
Đội tuyển U20 của Việt Nam với phổ biến tài năng triển vẳng, và việc tham dự vào Asiad 19 là thời cơ để họ lớn mạnh kỹ năng và tích lũy kinh nghiệm quốc tế. Bên cạnh đó, việc gửi cầu thủ trẻ này đến Asiad cũng giúp giảm áp lực và tạo điều kiện thuận lợi cho họ. Mong rằng trong cuộc chiến Asiad 2023, đội tuyển Việt Nam sẽ các sự trình diễn hấp dẫn và với thể đương đầu trong hiện trạng thấp nhất để có niềm vui và quang vinh về cho nước nhà.

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[JA J · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a non-fan of golf, or more correctly as a passive fan of golf that pays the sport almost no attention, I have to confess that I bought this one as a gift for a family member. I was unable to gift it to him due to his sudden serious health issues, so it sat in my stack for some time. However as a fan of Mr. Hiassen’s, I haven’t been able to dispose of it. So several months ago I started it.

Always amusing, at first it impressed me as a bathroom read due to its extremely short diary-like chapters, so it lingered in the bath, mostly unread, for several weeks. But then a snippet here, a paragraph there, it grew on me. The book graduated to the bedside table for those nights I was really tired and just wanted a tiny bit of comfort on the way to dreamland. And finally, it became more than a casual read- partly due to the shame of it lingering on my ‘reading’ list so long, but partly because it was that good.
From one mediocre person to the rest of my pod, it’s quite enjoyable. There are train-wreck elements and buddy things going on. And I appreciate his willingness to show us, his public, his eviscerated pride on a daily basis. He has, in my view nothing to be ashamed of, including this book. Recommended.

[Kazen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My second golf book in a month. I'm not a fan of the sport but after the horrible Tales from Q School it deserved a second chance.

Hiaasen decided to get back into golf after decades away and spent a year and a half, a sizable chunk of change, and many hours of frustration trying to get his stroke back. I knew I'd like him from the first line of the preface: "There are so many people to blame for this book that it's hard to know where to begin."

What makes this memoir better than the Q School slog is that Hiaasen actually has a life and gets away from the action now and then. There are stories about his dad (a golfer himself, who died suddenly many years ago), how courses have become a refuge for wildlife in highly developed Florida, and fly fishing. All relate back to golf in one way or another and allow a breather from the action.

While plodding at times (especially during the last tourney) the book was easy enough for this non-golfer to follow and enjoy.

[Criss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Background: I'm a big time golfer, but have had insane difficulty in learning the sport and playing well.

I don't know anything about Carl Hiaasen and his previous books. What I do know is this book speaks to anyone who's had a remote difficulty with the game. So many of his stories were practically my autobiography with the sport of golf, despite my 30 years of age difference between myself and the author. I laughed out loud more times than I can remember during this book.

This book is the real Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul. I'm sure most golfers can relate with Carl's experiments, including buying new clubs, the latest gimmics, reading Dr. Bob Rotella, taking many lessons... anything to find that Holy Grail of playing great golf.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has become frustrated with golf at ANY point in time.

[John Laliberte · Rating 4 out of 5]

For the guy who doesn't golf much, tends to experience slicing, topping the ball, sand traps, putts that are too short (or too long) and smacking the chip shot a mile (when you are trying to loft it close softly to the pin), this book is a must read. Funny one-liners. Hiaasen captured the emotional whirlwind that only golf seems to provide - the highs and lows.

I enjoyed it... and it will help me to keep the game in perspective... ok - done, now I'm going to play a quick 9 holes....

Thanks Kate for a great Father's Day's gift....

[Toddevans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hiaasen is a fav of mine, and I like his kids books and adult books as well. He's a gifted storyteller.

As a hacker in his teens, he had given up golf until mid-life. This book is a diary of his efforts to exceed his best teen score, having wondered what it would be like to play the game again.

It's a fast read, and anyone who has ever attempted to play the game will chuckle and smiloe with each turn of the page.

I'm sending my copy to my brother first ( a good golfer) with a note that he send it to my father-in-law ( a "serious" duffer) when he finishes it.

[Tilden · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very funny book. You can always count on Hiaasen to be irreverent, sarcastic, funny, and off the wall. I didn't understand a lot of what he was talking about as I do not play golf, but I do play tennis and a lot of his struggles apply to my tennis game.

I gave the book to my tennis instructor who also plays golf. He started telling me some of his own golf adventures.

[Mike French · Rating 5 out of 5]

Watch out Dan Jenkins! This could be the most humorous golf book since Dead Solid Perfect, If you play golf and like humor, this bood is a must read!

[Greggrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A golf book for hackers, we're not alone out there.

[Cara · Rating 2 out of 5]

My new year's resolution is to not read things I have no hope of finding interesting. Seriously, I don't even like golf. WTF is wrong with me.

[Meyer Viktor]

Útmutató kezdőknek az online sportfogadás világába: alapelvek Magyarországon

Az online sportfogadás világában Magyarország sokféle lehetőséget kínál a kezdő fogadóknak. Akár lelkes sportrajongó vagy, akár csak szórakozást keresel, a magyarországi online fogadás egyszerű módja annak, hogy beszállj az akcióba Szerencsejátékosok számára hasznos lesz elolvasni a cikket - Az online sportfogadás 5 legjobb trendje Magyarországon Ez Év itt .Van néhány alapelv, amit tudnia kell, mielőtt elkezdene sportfogadást kötni Magyarországon. Először is fontos megérteni azon sportágak alapjait, amelyekre fogadni szeretne. A választott sportág szabályainak, stratégiáinak és aktuális trendjeinek tanulmányozása segít jobb előrejelzések készítésében.

Másodszor, ismernie kell a különböző fogadási típusokat. Ide tartoznak az olyan egyszerű fogadások, mint a győzelem/veszteség és a pontkülönbség, valamint a konkrétabb fogadások, például a pontos pontszám vagy a pontok számának előrejelzése.

Harmadszor, fontos kiválasztani az igényeinek megfelelő online fogadóirodát. Magyarországon számos engedéllyel rendelkező és jó hírű bukméker működik, amelyek különböző piacokat és oddsokat kínálnak. Fedezze fel a különböző lehetőségeket, és válassza ki az Ön preferenciáinak leginkább megfelelőt.

Negyedszer, állítson be egy fogadási költségvetést, és tartsa be azt. A fogadásnak szórakoztatónak kell lennie, de kockázatos is lehet. A költségvetés tervezése és a fogadások kezelése a hosszú távú siker kulcsa.

Végül ne felejts el szórakozni! A sportfogadásnak szórakoztató és izgalmas élménynek kell lennie. Élvezze a pontszámok előrejelzésének adrenalint, és nyerjen díjakat, miközben többet tud meg a sportjátékokról és azok stratégiáiról.

Végső soron az online sportfogadás alapjainak elsajátítása Magyarországon elképesztő élményt és izgalmas szórakozási lehetőségeket kínálhat számodra. Kövesse ezeket az alapelveket, legyen ésszerű a fogadásában, és élvezze a játékot!

A hazai online sportfogadás világában kezdőknek az alapelvek mellett néhány további szempontot is érdemes megismerniük. Először is fontos elkerülni a túllicitálást. Ha több pénzt veszít, mint amennyit megengedhet magának, az komoly pénzügyi problémákhoz vezethet. Állíts fel korlátokat és tartsd be azokat.

Legyen óvatos, amikor sportágakat és piacokat választ fogadni. Nem kell mindenre fogadni. Válasszon olyan sportágakat és piacokat, amelyekben van tudása és magabiztossága. Ez növeli a siker esélyeit.

Ezenkívül ügyeljen az elemzéshez használt információforrásokra. Ne higgyen a pletykáknak vagy a megalapozatlan jóslatoknak. Ehelyett használjon megbízható adat- és statisztikai forrásokat a megalapozott döntés meghozatalához.

És ami a legfontosabb, tartsa meg a reális elvárásokat. A fogadás a szórakozás egyik formája, és nem mindig leszel sikeres. Fogadja el a veszteségeket a folyamat részeként, és tanuljon belőlük. Ne essen kétségbe az első kudarcok miatt, inkább használja azokat lehetőségként stratégiája finomítására.

Ezen további tippek betartásával a hazai online sportfogadás világában kezdőknek nagyobb esélyük lesz a siker re, és pozitívabb játékélményben lesz részük.

[Nancy Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carl Hiaasen is a Florida-based author of novels, children's books, and satirical non-fiction, including The Downhill Lie, published in 2008. In his 50's, Hiaasen takes up golf, trying to achieve a skill level more impressive (or less dismal) than he had achieved as a young college student in Florida. His self-deprecating saga is certain to strike responsive chords with any amateur golfer. Although not a golfer, I enjoyed his breezy style with an occasional laugh-out-loud line.

I also enjoyed his references to the golfing exploits of Tiger Woods, then in his prime. Clearly if one has personally attempted to move a tiny golf ball over great distances with incredible precision, the achievements of a star like Woods seem particularly superhuman. As a golfer, Hiaasen specializes in neurotic self-doubt and inconsistency, fear of humiliation, and over-thinking everything. He works with coaches, practices on his home course and quite a few others, fine-tunes his equipment, but never reaches a level of competence that he finds satisfying. Occasionally he has fun on the golf course, but usually he is too worried.

I enjoyed this book, but at times found the detailed description of specific golf games too much "in the weeds." I also found the setting of pricey country club golf uncomfortably elite and non-diverse. Hence the three-star rating.

[Gerald Matzke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoy reading books about golf. This was an account of a middle aged man who gave up golf in his twenties and then picked it up again in his fifties. He was a struggling bogey golfer, who like many of that skill level, was looking for anything that might improve his game. He takes the reader in diary style through a year and a half of life on the golf course. There are a few high spots and many lows and just as many frustrations. In the end he finally learned that golf is supposed to be fun, something that had eluded him up to that point. I would recommend this book to anyone who plays golf, especially anyone who struggles with the reality that age generally diminishes skill when it comes to most sports especially golf. When you read about the author’s trials you realize that you are not alone.