Golf In The Kingdom is the author's haunting exploration of the mystery and beauty that is at the heart of golf. A young man on his way to India, stops in the Kingdom of Fife to play the legendary and ancient golf club of Burningbush. He is paired with a mysterious and playful teacher named Shivas Irons, who leads him through a day of phenomenal golf and a night of adventures. Golf In The Kingdom is a well written story and like the game itself, the book is a journey revealing both puzzles and pleasures. Michael Murphy is a native Californian who founded the Esalen Institute with Richard Price in 1962. He is a graduate of Stanford University and did further work in the area of philosophy. He is also the author of The Kingdom Of Shivas Irons.Customer Review: On the Fence
True golfers will find passages here that resonate...even those of us who, to put it mildly, dispute the existence, let alone the presence, of the supernatural on, of all things, a golf course. But if you have persevered thru the hot/bugs/expense golf stage, you may just have experienced a brief period most of us call, shrugging it off, "The Zone." Why else would anyone put up with all the, hot/bugs, etc., etc.? Should we be shrugging it (The Zone) off? Michael Murphy would say, well, hell no. Take your zone experience and multiply it by eight or nine...just within the believability range, mind you. What if Murphy really did spend that day at Burningbush [fictional name] in the Kingdom of Fife? Really. And what if he really did meet someone similar to Shivas Irons? It makes sense he would have played a round...and many, if not most of us, have met golf gurus who seemed at least a bit mysterious. Indeed, if you have never considered golf at all mysterious, disregard this book! If you have, just a little, wondered...make the investment. If it appeals, buy "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" next. Fore! JMD
Customer Review: Golf in the Kingdom
Book arrived on time in the condition as described the seller. Excellent book!! Great reading like Peter Jacobsen said in his book.
