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The Scorecard Always Lies: A Year Behind the Scenes on the PGA Tour | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Lewis
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Category: Book
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 273116
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1416537163
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35266
EAN: 9781416537168
ASIN: 1416537163
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Product Description
As Tiger Woods broke down in tears on the 18th green at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, legions of spectators strained their eyes to read the emotion on his face. Like the millions watching on television, they knew that Tiger had just won the British Open, and that his father had recently died. Beyond that, however, they knew precious little -- only that he played with a Nike golf ball, carried an American Express card in his wallet, and, presumably, drove a Buick. They were hungry for more, but everything else about his off-course life, and those of his fellow pros, was forbiddingly well guarded. Until now. In The Scorecard Always Lies veteran Sports Illustrated golf correspondent Chris Lewis reaches past the results, stats, and sound bites to focus on the personalities and personal lives of the sport's top players. While embracing all the drama and excitement of the 2006 PGA Tour season, he takes us inside the locker rooms, hotel rooms, and private planes to deliver an unrivaled, behind-the-scenes look at the Tour and the men who play it. Lewis spent thirty weeks of the 2006 season on the road with the best golfers in the world, exploring their backstories, motivations, and preoccupations, and collecting telling, character-revealing tales. He bore witness to both the hard work and the privilege that frame their lifestyles. But he also discovered a Tour that to this point remained largely unknown -- one where a player while pursuing dreams of glory might also be suing his agent, going through a messy divorce, or looking to throw down in the locker room with one of his peers. There's John Daly trying to explain how his wife has just been taken off to jail. There's Chris Couch making a midnight, barefoot run through a derelict district of New Orleans, fearing he was about to be kidnapped, and taking refuge in a tattoo parlor. We watch as Tiger Woods tries to deal with losing his father to cancer, while refusing to abandon his fondness for blue humor.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Better Than I Thought December 23, 2008
After reading the reviews on Amazon.com, which were mostly negative, I considered NOT reading the book. But I'm glad I did read it. I found it entertaining and insightful. I also enjoyed reading about tournaments I recall watching.
Many of the negative reviews were, in my opinion, too harsh. Sure, there were some mistakes in the book. But, overall, it provided a good behind-the-scenes glimpse into the PGA tour. And the author, Chris Lewis, did a fine job of writing this book.
 Brutally Mediocre December 3, 2008
Usually I like books of this genre but this one is awful.
There is the usual genuflecting to Tiger, some offhand snide remarks at Phil Mickelson, but otherwise a very dull book. You read about the players and could not care the least about them.
No mention at all about how the charities get very little money from all this. If you talk to some people from the PGA, they will try to convince you that their tour is more charitable than the United Way.
A few reviewers noted that the author identified some of the Democrats on the tour. Heck, some of the players have political viewpoints far to the right of Barry Goldwater.
Just a bad half-baked book.
I should have read the reviews. June 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As an avid golf reader, I was surprised to see this book appear as an Amazon suggestion. Why hadn't I heard of it? Now I know why. Besides the numerous factual errors previously mentioned, this guy lets his personal politics seep (or maybe creep is a better word) into the book throughout. Early on he takes a cheap shot at Rush Limbaugh. Later he ridicules home schoolers. He delights in naming the few PGA tour democrats and snidely refers to the rest as "God and Country" types. He has a breathless man crush on Tiger. (Hey, Chris, he's married. And straight.) I imagine his comrades in the environmental movement are on him for sacrificing even one tree for this drivel. Save your $17.16. This "God and Country" type wishes he had.
Can't I rate it Zero Stars? March 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are so many factual errors, many more than listed in the reviews to date, that one can't really trust anything in the book.
And let me add that the incessant promotion of Sports Illustrated and its second rate golf writers gets really old.
Even golf addicts, maybe especially golf addicts, should leave this one be. Shame on the author and publisher for such shoddy work.
Well Worth the Read...A Lipped Out Birdie February 18, 2008
Chris Lewis does exactly what he sets out to do in his introduction. He gives flesh and blood--personality--to PGA Tour players, and he does it very well...very, very well.
In an age where members of the media have become personalities themselves, often making their "names" at the expense of the people they cover, Lewis' book is a welcome addition to golf writing and publications...
It's nice to know who these guys are away from the light and glare of public view and to learn about their relationships with other golfers. A very fine book. Highly recommended.
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