Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf

by Henry N. Beard

Book Overview

Tired of being beaten??by an honest game of golf, self-proclaimed hacker Henry Beard figured that he didn't need a new swing--his game just needed a new set of rules.??With The Official Exceptions to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679741232
• ISBN13: 9780679741237
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf

A very creative and entertaining book. If you have friends who take the game of golf like a religion, this book will give you many credible and very common sense answers to some of the great mysteries of the rules of golf. Quick read and very enjoyable.

Perhaps the funniest book on golf ever

The first time I encounted this book, I almost passed out laughing. It was during a golf trip to South Carolina. We passed the book around, taking turns reading the exceptions aloud. Nobody could make it straight through without bursting out in laughter. Any golfer with a sense of humor can appreciate this book. The exceptions are crafted in fine mock-USGA legalese. What's more, each exception is hilariously illustrated in the kind of line drawing common to all those instructional books we've all read along the way. A must have for your golf library.

Golf Legalise at its Best!

This book takes everything you do with your friends that breaks the rules of golf and makes it hilariously legal. Written just like the USGA's manual and in golf legalese its a must have for anyone that enjoys golf. It includes such highlights as the Agreement to Re-tee or "Mass Mulligan", Temporary Insanity or "John Daly", and other such rules as Nonchalant Putts or "Tap-tap-tap-in and Mittsie". If you want a book that will make you laugh about golf, this is it!!!

A funny, yet thought-provoking, look at the game

I really enjoyed this book and sent it to several of my friends (golfers all) to read. They all enjoyed as much as I did.It's written in the same basic style as "The Official Rules of Golf", but they use rules that you and I play by. The scary thing is that I have seen every rule in this book actually applied on the golf course! Not by myself, of course, but by others.If you enjoy golf, and have ever wanted to play a ball that you found in the rough that was "close enough" to the one you couldn't find, you'll get a kick out of this book.

very funny

the best part about this book is that every golfer has rationalized away many of the rules as this book does.