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BL
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| Record Number
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1046516
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b800886
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| Main Entry
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Post, Peter.
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| Title & Author
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Playing through : : a guide to the unwritten rules of golf /\ Peter Post.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Collins Living,, ©2008.
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 203 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0061228052
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: 9780061228056
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : "Have I got a story for you!" -- We're all in this together -- Manners matter -- "You're out!" and other intricacies of golf attire -- Respect the course -- Carts and greens and traps and water -- Where to stand : the theory of the "X" -- The biggest frustration by far : slow play -- "Fore!" doesn't excuse you -- Around the hole : "piniquette" and the art of watching your step -- A time to talk and a time to be quiet -- The cheat and the sandbagger -- "Son, you're not good enough to throw clubs" -- To coach or not to coach? -- At a tournament : the good spectator -- In a tournament : when everything really counts -- Playing for "a little something" -- Don't we all wish that practice made perfect? -- The nineteenth hole -- "Fun" golf vs. "serious" golf : when to cut some slack.
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| Abstract
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"While the rules of golf are cut and dried, the etiquette of golf is less codified and is something golfers year to know more about. Now bestselling etiquette authority Peter Post explains what seasoned golfers and newcomers alike need to know to handle every situation with total confidence." -- Provided by publisher.
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Golf-- Social aspects.
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Golfers-- Conduct of life.
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Golf-- Social aspects.
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Golfers-- Conduct of life.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.352
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| LC Classification
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GV979.S63P67 2008
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