Book Report: Tales from Q School
Sorry about the poor editing last time. In fact, from one faithful reader I was told, “you really should review your posts before you publish them”. I took this advice and did nothing with the post, except vow to pay closer attention to what I’m writing.
Before I go on, Linds and my prayers are with the Rolfes family as their grandfather passed recently. Take care guys.
Also, since there is a decent chance I won’t be posting before Christmas I wanted to say a few quick things before getting into the next book:
I just discovered Britty’s blog. I am so thrilled it’s out there, for a link check out Miles’ blog (lazy(desert)ness), but I am so thrilled she’s posting again and after reading it I felt like we caught up. Britt, not sure if you ever read this blog, but you’re going on what’s probably a painful but exciting religious journey right now and I wish you the best.
Work is hard. I didn’t realize I had it so easy before, cold calling all day long for 2 years, and trust me, it’s not easy, but now I have a whole new set of rules and guidelines to follow and I’ve started completely over. I won’t lie, I expected to be killing my number already and I’m lagging behind and feeling guilty for being so confident before. It’s a numbers game and we need to be in front of a lot of people this time of year and cold calling for a face-to-face appointment can take a lot of courage, and without momentum, it’s hard to come by.
I speak for Linds and I both when I say we’re coming up on a very difficult holiday. We’ll certainly enjoy our time together, but being very family oriented people it’ll be hard with some of our favorite annual reunions being passed up. But, I hope you guys have fun with your families n whatnot.
Linds is loving her job and her co-workers seem very cool. I get along with all of my co-workers really well, also. Definitely a plus, cause you can control where you work, but no one likes picking the perfect job and then being surrounded by people you could care less about.
I need to game more. I’ve recently been wanting to do a lil multi-player COD2. Or even BF42. Join as Plethora Ramsbottom.
Alright, on to the book report:
Tales from Q School is another “Behind the scenes look into sports” book by John Feinstein. I love this type of book because the access he gets as a writer can’t even compete to what a camera could ever do. Books like this are made with tapes and tapes of tape recorded casual conversations and spools of notebooks full of notes, and Feinstein has a great eye for golf and college basketball in particular. I recently found out he’s a Dukie, which means I hate him.
For non-golfers, Q School is a marathon of a golf tournament that you have to place in the top 25 to make the pro tour in golf. There are several ways to avoid going to Q School, the easiest is winning a tournament the year before or finishing in the top 125. Q School is like a tournament in structure, meaning you survive the first course, go to the next, then the next and the the final round. It is very grueling and absolutely pressure packed. The crowd is almost evenly split between wannabe rookies straight out of college and has-been’s looking for one last chance to make it.
For the typical golf fan, you may not “get it”. If you’re a “watch every tournament, take golf lessons” kind of golf fan, it’s a must read. If you’re Miles, it’s a $15 coaster.
I enjoyed it, if you’re looking for a great sports book, I would always encourage you to read “Season on the Brink” first, one of Feinstein’s first and greatest books about Coach Bobby Knight.
Rausch Out.
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