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Paper Tiger: An Obsessed Golfer's Quest to Play with the Pros | 
 enlarge | Author: Tom Coyne
Publisher: Gotham
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 311240
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.352092
ASIN: B001A5UVDU
Publication Date: May 3, 2007
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Product Description
Think country-club clinic meets Navy Seals training. I will pay any price, bear any burden, leave my home to follow the seasons, build my own swing studio in the basement, construct a practice green in my backyard. . . . Everything the big boys have access to, I want double. Like most amateur golfers, Tom Coyne had often wondered whether the pros won because they were more talented or because they were more obsessed. Overweight and burdened by a 14 handicap, he decided to find out for himself what it takes to play like a pro. Charting his journeywhich included hiring top golf gurus such as Dr. Jim SuttiePaper Tiger takes readers from the Michelob tournament (a win for Tom) to the Australian Tour, where forty-mile-per-hour winds and a driving rain scare off his Japanese partners. With each chapter, he tracks his weight alongside his handicap, pursuing his dream with a reckless abandon that comes to involve hardcore diets, pricey technology, even psychologists. With echoes of Dead Solid Perfect and Whos Your Caddy? Tom brings his uniquely edgy, deeply human perspective to a game that can simultaneously bring out the best and the worst in everyone who tries to master it.
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 Humorous read but.... April 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I will say Tom Coyne got me from the jump; I was intrigued from the beginning upon referral from a friend.. I bought in, settled in, and gave the book a go.. The first couple chapters flew by, I thoroughly enjoyed the "hacker's ascent to respectability" portion of the book.. I enjoy his writing style, the self deprecating humor and everyman's take on golf..
Then it all fell apart.. In my opinion, there is much more fantasy than reality in this book.. The constant failure to post legit scores combined with a GHIN lookup of Mr. Coyne made me doubt the author's recollection. But I plodded on, hoping for a dramatic finish.. It never came..
In my opinion this was a golf odyssey failure turned marriage proposal; a writer moonlighting into his hobby, the end game not happening, and turning to Plan B, true love...
If a better golfer wrote this, it would have been more believable that he was a +HCAP.. But then, that better golfer probably would have been an awful writer..
For me, I just couldn't buy in 100% because I just don't believe Coyne posted the HCAPs he claims.. This is proven time again in his failure during public qualifying events..
 Breaking 80? December 18, 2007
I have to agree with another reviewer that it would seem highly unlikely that a person could carry a plus-handicap and RARELY be able to break 80 (and sometimes 90) in the tournaments. That said, the book is full of insight into the PGA and the enormous effort it takes to qualify for "the show". Mr. Coyne is an excellent and oftentimes very funny writer who finishes his story on a high note.
This book would make an excellent gift for the golf fanatic in the family!
 This Book Has It ALL November 28, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From Reid Sheftall, author of "Striking It Rich: Golf in the Kingdom with Generals, Patients and Pros"
I can't begin to express how much I enjoyed this book. It works on every level. It is very, very funny. It is instructional. It is enlightening. It is honest. The main character (Tom Coyne, the author) is so very likable.
The book is rich with love of game and girl. Perspective abounds at the end.
Am I making myself clear?
If you like golf you will love this book...if you don't you will also September 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tom Coyne has a wonderful book here. I ended up laughing more times then I can count reading it. He has such a smooth style about his writing that it will wrap you up and make you want to keep reading. Reading this book you will laugh, be shocked, and amazed at what is going on. I highly recommend this book to any golfers out there or any one who has dared to follow their dreams.
 delusional golfer July 4, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
this guys claims to have a plus handicap but shoots plus 40 in every tourney
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