Customer Reviews:
 One-of-A-Kind Adventure Story October 1, 2007
G. Hull (Trinidad, CA USA)
Mr. Tome's writing is witty, cogent and flowing, and he carries his reader lightly through an adventure that was anything but carefree and whimsical. "I Golfed Across Mongolia" offers insight into humanity's innate curiosity with all things alien, as well as our resourcefulness in the face of remarkable adversity. It would take a man of Mr. Tome's individualistic ilk to swat a golf ball across Mongolia (with a three-iron, no less!!) and a storyteller of his nimbleness to entertainingly recount the tale.
 Its more about Mongolia than Golf June 8, 2007
E. Tu (Boulder Colorado)
Although an admirable task, it came across as a way for the author to make some money by writing a book.
Even the author himself wasn't sure what the purpose/goal was for his trip, as he stated at the very end of the book.
Conclusion, there is nothing much about the spirit of golf, it was more about "awareness" of Mongolia.
 Weird but Good August 27, 2006
Jonathan Kos-Read (Beijing, China)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book starts awkwardly but smooths out by the second chapter. Then it rolls along until the end as mostly just a long, cool story about the crazy thing this guy did. It ends well because he keeps the obligatory "how-this-thing-chaged-my-life" bit short.
The funniest stories are:
- how he learns to drink tuna oil
- how he gets caught in the middle of a cross-country horse race
- how he hangs out with Mongolian election officials as they carry their ballot box around on the back of a motorcycle making "voting housecalls".
- how he learns to drink fermented horse milk
- how he tries to explain to Mongolians what he's doing (his caddy gets it wrong and tells people he's playing baseball across Mongolia.)
I'd disagree with the editorial review: The golf is a framework on which the travel hangs. Clearly, the author did it as stunt to get sponsors to subsidize his travel bug assuming they'd figure it was cool and different. With this book published, that should be easier for him in the future.
More people should do weird stuff like this. Definately worth a read.
actually, a good balance between golf & mongolia June 24, 2006
yak skins
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
there's more mongolia than golf in this book. when you're only using one club size, the topics are more about mongolia.
most bookstores are filing this in the sports/golf section, but i find it might fit better in the travel/mongolia section.
- to someone looking for a golf book ... don't expect much technical talk, but you will understand his struggles on this adventurous course.
- to someone not wanting a golf book ... you won't get turned off. the golf chat is simple and, indirectly, you may learn a bit.
- to someone looking for a book on mongolia ... this is it. he covers a lot of topics on mongolia ... the culture, sports, politics, economy, history, enviroment, agriculture, daily life, etc., in an unconventional way.
- to someone not wanting a book on mongolia ... sorry...but it's an easy read, and it might spark an interest in a unique corner of the world you probably never thought of much.
- for those who have played golf at least once and been to mongolia..... highly recommended.
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