Golf Adventures and Misadventures, from Augusta National to Cypress Point and Beyond
by Tripp Bowden
Foreword by Dr. Bob Jones IV
ISBN: 10: 1-5107-1486-3
In All The Memorable Rounds, author Tripp Bowden, a former Augusta National caddy, the first full-time white caddy, asserts that it is the experience that defines a golf course. This includes the experience from the parking lot to the pro shop, the golf course to the caddies, the first tee jitters to the eighteenth tee with all bets on the line. The experience is at the nineteenth hole, commiserating over a pint to the ones that got away, raising a glass to the ones that didn’t.
Bowden does a fantastic job and does not hinder in including his personal experiences and stories from some of the most noteworthy courses in America, all while weaving in poignant testimonies from fellow golf lovers and both past and present professionals. In this book, with a foreword by Dr. Bob Jones IV, readers can live, love and learn alongside Bowden, friends while experiencing:
- Playing a round at Palmetto Golf Club and discovering the never-before-told story behind course designer Alister MacKenzie
- Learning about Ben Hogan’s private table in the grill room at Shady Oaks and learning the true secret to the Hogan swing.
- Reliving the game of golf for the first time again at a municipal golf course in Augusta, Georgia, called the Cabbage Patch, through the eyes of a nine-year-old first-time golfer.
All of the memories captured in this book go far beyond the slope ratings and dives deep into the experience that make the game of golf one of the oldest and most celebrated in the world.
Tripp is also the author of the New York Times-praised Freddie & Me: Lige Lessons from Freddie Bennett, August Nation’s Legendary Caddy Master. He is a frequent speaker at prominent golf clubs across America and beyond. Tripp lives with his wife Fletch and children Arrie B and Holly Mac in Augusta, Georgia.
