
Tales From Q School
Inside Golf's Fifth Major
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John Feinstein
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By:
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John Feinstein
From the author of Raise a Fist, Take a Knee, and A Good Walk Spoiled, this "must-read" national best seller takes you inside the dramatic world of the highest-pressure golf tournament in the world (Tampa Tribune).
It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the final stop on the down escalator for fading stars. The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling competitions in any sport. Every fall, veterans and talented hopefuls sweat through six rounds of hell at Q school, as the tournament is universally known, to get a shot at the PGA Tour, vying for the 30 slots available.
The grim reality: If you don't make it through Q school, you're not on the PGA tour. You're out. And those who make it to the six-day finals are the lucky ones: Hundreds more players fail to get through the equally grueling first two stages of the event. John Feinstein tells the story of the players who compete for these coveted positions in the 2005 Q school as only he can. With arresting accounts from the players, established winners, rising stars, the defeated, and the endlessly hopeful, America's favorite sportswriter unearths the inside story behind the PGA Tour's brutal all-or-nothing competition.
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Nevertheless, if you have any interest in golf (and I quit 30 years ago), the fleshing out of individual sagas is very compelling. Feinstein gets into the minds of the up-and-coming and those trying to hang on, and this is what makes it a great book.
Close to home
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As it was, I was left with what felt like a ton of names and totals for their rounds and how far they missed "the number." It got a little distracting and hard to follow. He does get across what an ordeal Q school is (it is being phased out now, I believe, or at least revised) and how heartbreaking and costly small mistakes--or the whims of fate--can be. If you're into golf, read it but be aware that it's a little general at times in its approach.
Exepcted more 'golf geekiness'
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Tales from Q school
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The book’s title says it all
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If you're a golfer looking for inspiration or a boisterous telling of war stories you won't find it here. Almost all the "tales" follow the typical Q-School flame out formula while suffering the additional indignity of being overburdened by Feinstein's bland delivery of essentially irrelevant detail.
Tournament golfers will be tempted to quit the game entirely after this slog through Demotivation Alley. But if you're looking for a factual essay about Q-School history that's a cut above Wikipedia, you're in luck!
Tales from ZZZZZ School
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Feinstein was a sloppy reader
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