Summary of Tom Coyne's Paper Tiger

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#1 I was in a group with three golfers who took turns chopping away at my ego. I didn’t argue with them, and instead just smiled and allowed them to have fun because with three against one, self-defense sounds the same as whining.

#2 I was a spoiled brat, and I took up golf at nine years old. I was too young to fully appreciate the beauty and brilliance of my summer routine, which was to spend every afternoon telling my father the same story: I wanted to get out, but there weren’t any loops.

#3 Tiger Woods was born just a year after I did, and he quickly became the king of golf. I, on the other hand, was not very good at golf, and it took me five minutes at Notre Dame’s golf tryouts to realize that there was so much good golf out there.

#4 I was a freshman at Notre Dame, and I was nervous about trying out for the golf team. I was two strokes better than par, and the head coach started following my group as we made the turn. My playing partner started wondering aloud why I wasn’t on scholarship. I didn’t have the golfing talent of Tiger Woods, but I still quit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822532106

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was in a group with three golfers who took turns chopping away at my ego. I didn’t argue with them, and instead just smiled and allowed them to have fun because with three against one, self-defense sounds the same as whining.

#2

I was a spoiled brat, and I took up golf at nine years old. I was too young to fully appreciate the beauty and brilliance of my summer routine, which was to spend every afternoon telling my father the same story: I wanted to get out, but there weren’t any loops.

#3

Tiger Woods was born just a year after I did, and he quickly became the king of golf. I, on the other hand, was not very good at golf, and it took me five minutes at Notre Dame’s golf tryouts to realize that there was so much good golf out there.

#4

I was a freshman at Notre Dame, and I was nervous about trying out for the golf team. I was two strokes better than par, and the head coach started following my group as we made the turn. My playing partner started wondering aloud why I wasn’t on scholarship. I didn’t have the golfing talent of Tiger Woods, but I still quit.

#5

I had become a golf outing connoisseur, versed in each particular tournament’s prize history. I was an in-demand free agent because, firstly, I could still play a little bit. And as an author of discarded novels and unfinished screenplays, my availability was outstanding.

#6

The difference between D. Hill and P. Mahoon is a little bit of time and a little bit of money and a little bit of luck.

#7

I have missed sunrise, but I head directly to the public driving range, and I beat balls off the mats until I can’t feel my fingers, until I can't stand up straight. I am sore in an adult sort of way, but I feel younger.

#8

I had spent the last summer building up my calluses at the driving range, and I had $35,000 in the bank. I had never before mixed technology into my golf game. I had purchased a camcorder and tripod, and I was closer to being a golfhead who got tingly over swing-planes and wristhinges.

#9

The mind-set of the writer and the tournament golfer