Published just in time for Father's Day, this engagingly witty discourse takes readers along on Owen's golfing adventures--playing the Masters course in Augusta, touring Ireland's greatest greens, meeting the sport's real millionaires (the equipment manufacturers), and chatting with local duffers. Line drawings.

David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of 14 books. He lives in northwest Connecticut with his wife, the writer Ann Hodgman.