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Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Kevin plays every 18-hole golf course in Ireland in all kinds of weather and with all kinds of golfers. He deals with a leaky roof, potholes, born-again Christians and even an Irish mammy. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way, the golf clubs visited and the idiosyncrasies of a twenty-year-old camper van form the fairways on which this story plays. From tee-off to putting the final hole, this is a true Irish golfing adventure.



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A fabulous read - one of the best sports books of the year.

* Wexford People *

Entertaining. Captures the essence of the endless variety of characters and funny/peculiar situations encountered on his adventure.

* Irish Independent *

Everyone who has been there, or is going there, should read this.

* AZ Golf Insider *

Driving the Green

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    A Paperback / softback by Kevin Markham

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      Publisher Gill
      Published 15 May 2014
      ISBN-13 9781848891982
      978-1848891982
      ISBN-10 1848891989
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      Sport Golf Travel & Transport Travel writing

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Kevin plays every 18-hole golf course in Ireland in all kinds of weather and with all kinds of golfers. He deals with a leaky roof, potholes, born-again Christians and even an Irish mammy. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way, the golf clubs visited and the idiosyncrasies of a twenty-year-old camper van form the fairways on which this story plays. From tee-off to putting the final hole, this is a true Irish golfing adventure.



      Trade Review

      A fabulous read - one of the best sports books of the year.

      * Wexford People *

      Entertaining. Captures the essence of the endless variety of characters and funny/peculiar situations encountered on his adventure.

      * Irish Independent *

      Everyone who has been there, or is going there, should read this.

      * AZ Golf Insider *

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