Opening book details…
Can I read The Fine Green Line : My Year of Golf Adventure on the Pro-Golf Mini-Tours on EtoBox?
The Fine Green Line : My Year of Golf Adventure on the Pro-Golf Mini-Tours by John Paul Newport is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Fine Green Line : My Year of Golf Adventure on the Pro-Golf Mini-Tours about?
What happens when a man leaves home for a year to pursue his dream? One day, playing a particularly spectacular round of golf, husband and father John Paul Newport suddenly tastes what it's like to be a pro. Deciding to take a year off and hit the road playing golf's mini-tour circuit, Newport embarks on a wild trip through America's fairways. Over the course of his journey inside the somewhat shady, often hilarious underbelly of professional golf, he uncovers a world of people so totally addicted to golf, to the delusion of achievable perfection, that they sacrifice everything else to the quest. He also discovers the nature of his own obsession with the game, and how this constant pursuit of perfection on the golf course reflects the same challenges and frustrations one encounters in life. What does it take to master such an intricate, unpredictable game? In golf, as in life, why is one so consistently incapable of acting up to one's clearly established potential? As Newport struggles to cross that Fine Green Line —the infinitely subtle yet critical difference between the top golf professionals and those who never quite make it—he realizes that life, like golf, doesn't let you ge
Who reads The Fine Green Line : My Year of Golf Adventure on the Pro-Golf Mini-Tours?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Paul Newport
- Publisher
- Crown Archetype
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780767901178
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Sports, Travel
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by John Paul Newport
Browse all works by John Paul Newport
Similar books
- The Pro : Lessons From My Father About Golf and Life — Steve Eubanks Butch Harmon (2006)
- Golf My Way : the Instructional Classic, Revised and Updated — Jack Nicklaus with Ken Bowden; illustrations by Jim McQueen (2007)
- The Last Stand of Payne Stewart : the Year Golf Changed Forever — Kevin Robbins (2019)
- Lure of the Links : Great Writings on Golf : an Anthology — edited by David Owen and Joan Bingham (1997)
- Adventure Golf: From Fairways To Fun Days--attractions On And Off The World's Most Remarkable Golf Courses (pilot Guides) (2005)
- The Complete Golf Manual : All You Need to Play Like a Pro — Steve Newell (2010)