Learning to Live One Golf Swing at a Time

By J. Lang

Follow Joey as he learns more about living through the game of golf than he ever could on a therapists couch. Learning to Live One Golf Swing at a Time is a look at the way golf grabs a hold of the player and becomes more than just a game. You can enjoy your own life more when you understand what the game you love to hate can truly teach you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 25, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452554082

J. Lang

After turning pro in 1999, Joey began teaching golf at Travis Air Force Base's Cypress Lakes Golf Course.  Since then, Joey has been the contract golf instructor at Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida and Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.  Most days, Joey can be found at a driving range, preparing for another go at playing professionally.  Joey lives with his wife and daughter in northwest Florida.

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LEARNING TO LIVE

ONE GOLF SWING AT

A TIME

______________________

J. Lang

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Copyright © 2012 by J. Lang.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Hole #1, Par 5:

The Starter

Hole #2, Par 4:

Scorecard And A Pencil

Hole #3 Par 4:

Unlucky Precision

Hole #4 Par 4:

Golfing With My Wife

Hole #5 Par 3:

Hole In None

Hole #6 Par 4:

The House On The Corner

Hole #7 Par 5:

Taking The Pat

Hole #8 Par 3:

Teaching Junior Golf

Hole #9 Par 4:

The 280-Yard Putting Stroke

Hole #10 Par 5:

A New Nine

Hole #11 Par 3:

The Worst Shot Ever Hit

Hole #12 Par 4:

Family Golf Trips And The Most

Important Trophy

Hole #13 Par 5:

Golfing With Jared

Hole #14 Par 4:

A Perfect Place For A Refrigerator

Hole #15 Par 4:

My Best Teacher

Hole #16 Par 3:

Unfinished Business

Hole #17 Par 3

The Island And My Dad

Hole #18 Par 5:

The Greatest Course In The World

The Nineteenth Hole:

Settling Up

Afterword

About The Author

Coming Soon

DEDICATION

To my wife and daughter: I thank you for your love and support. Each day you are my starters.

For my dad, whose unfailing love for me and ever-changing love for the game of golf inspired me to write this collection.

To my very best friend, Rod: through birdies and bogies you have been like a brother to me. If we could only do something about your putting. Just kidding, Rod!

To the men and women of Tanglewood Golf Course, in Milton; Stonebrook Golf Club, in Pace; Travis Air Force Base’s Cypress Lakes; Eglin Air Force Base’s Eagle and Falcon; Rheinblick and Bitburgerland, in Germany; Kadena Air Base’s Banyan Tree Golf Course; and to everyone I have played this amazing game with in between: each of you has shaped my life and taught me How to Live One Golf Swing at a Time.

PREFACE

WELCOME TO MY COURSE. I am very excited to unveil a new design for you in the pages ahead. This course will challenge every player who dares tee it up. The holes on this course are ever changing. As the course architect, I am always willing to tweak my work, and I’ve been threatening a grand redesign for years. It’s not so much that I regret all this handiwork but just that, like most people, I have a memory that artistically touches up the past, and the future is always a blank page.

This course is played out in the daily walk of life. I could probably build a few courses for us to play with all of the life-imitates-golf lessons available to us, but I will only lay one course before you