by:
Owen, David

Publisher:
Workman Publishing Company
Published:November, 1999
ISBN:0761115935
Format:Paperback
Pages:96

Description: Amazon.com
Driven by a less nimble wit or by an aficionado less fluent in the mysteries of the Royal and Ancient Game, The Complete Office Golf might have whiffed on the tees, but David Owen's cleverness and golfing jones conspire to extend and keep on course what is essentially a single joke. He begins with a premise that all golfers understand: the only reason to work is to earn the cash needed to support your golfing habit. And there's the conundrum; since most people have to work at exactly the best golfing hours, and since when they're not working courses tend to be the most crowded, they need to find a way to bring their game to the office with them. But how? Owens supplies a fully illustrated, often hilarious instruction manual.

Played on carpets, in conference rooms, around water coolers, behind potted plants, from sand-filled ashtrays, and between desks, Office Golf is a challenging enterprise. Consider, for instance, the problems presented by various floor coverings; from hardwood and linoleum to level-loop pile carpet and saxony plush, Owens offers tips for how to master them. Balls? If you forgot your wound balata and don't have a whiffle or Ping-Pong ball handy, Owens instructs you on how to properly engineer one by crushing a sheet of paper. He teaches you how to design a proper course--Office Golf even supplies the holes--and sneak your clubs in without the boss noticing, codifies rules and etiquette, and even addresses the "Inner Game." "Office Golfers often set unreasonably high expectations for themselves," he cautions. "When they fail to meet those expectations, they feel disappointed, perhaps even suicidal. This is foolish." Office Golf may be foolish too, but it will keep you smiling, which certainly shatters par for most nine-to-five enslavements. --Jeff Silverman

Product Description:
It's finally here: golf for the office! No more Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5 angst. No more interminably dreary Februarys. No more staring out the window on the first warm days of Spring, aching to be somewhere else. Now, hours once wasted planning, managing, manufacturing, selling, marketing, lawyering, and accounting can be put to productive use in putting, driving, and chipping. From how to set up a course in the conference room to facing a stairwell hazard--over or down?--The Complete Office Golf shows how to make a job seem like something you wouldn't mind doing for a living.

Profusely illustrated with instructional line art and photographs, Office Golf has it all: how to identify other obsessive, yet clandestine, golfers in the workplace (they refer to hallways as fairways and practice their Vardon grips on rulers); course design, including potted plants, water coolers, and other hazards; turf management; the short game--desk lobs, deciding whether to go under or over; specialized clubs; plus how to turn a supply closet into the essential 19th hole.

Bound into this eminently functional book are 12 color cardstock pages with 9 punch-out, reusable golf holes; a USOGA membership card; a bag tag; and a scorecard template.