Golf in the Kingdom

5 Responses to “Golf in the Kingdom”

1. Anonymous
   October 30, 2009 at 8:21 pm

   First of all, brothers and sisters, this is just a pack of lies, he made it all up, it’s a work of fiction. I think the author even admitted it later. It was the fad when this thing was written for hippie-dippies like Murphy or Carlos Castaneda to do this kind of thing, hoodwink the public and sell a zillion books. It worked then and it works now. Don’t be a sucker.

   Second of all, brothers and sisters, the Esalen institute drivel that Murphy and his ilk have been promoting for decades is transparently a load of hogwash. If you want real mysticism, read Krishnamurti or Gurdjieff. (And do be aware that this book only uses golf as a mouthpiece for outdated sixties-era pseudo-mystical junk.)

   Third of all, brothers and sisters, golf has nothing to do with spirituality. Golf is an excuse for potbellied old rich guys to pretend they are athletes, while destroying about a hundred acres of nature in the process, and then pumping the groundwater full of poisons to kill all the bugs and the weeds they don’t like to see on their little golf courses — which is what they think of “natural beauty”. If an evil sport ever existed, golf is it. It ranks up there with feeding Christians to the lions.

   In other words, golf is a waste of time, this book is a waste of time, and you should find better things to do.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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2. john tyson
   October 30, 2009 at 8:50 pm

   How does a high school level writer even get published. This is total junk.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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3. Matthew
   October 30, 2009 at 8:59 pm

   but this one just had to go. While this book offers tips on neither golf nor life it IS rife with stereotyping and lacking in continuity. The point of the book will elude you – guaranteed. The ’spiritual’ ending makes you wonder why he didn’t ask a real writer to suggest a suitable conclusion (and while he was in the area, a little editing was in order as well – this offering is in need of more than a little revision). At any rate, I read these reviews before I bought the book and failed to heed the sensible warnings posted herein. Do yourself a big favor, check this one out of the library BEFORE you buy. What a total waste of good paper.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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4. Anonymous
   October 30, 2009 at 9:07 pm

   This book uses a technique that I’ve noticed is typical of alot of new age books. They start out fairly well grounded, then (assuming that if you’ve read this far you accept anything the author says) they go off the deep-end.

   The book starts off with a tale of playing golf with a man called Chivas Irons, and this is ok. Then it wanders into of all things: physics! Mr. Murphy seems to feel that our current crop of physics P.H.D.s have it all wrong, and that they should come to him to get straightened out. He talks about “true gravity” and all sorts of stuff. Then there is a chapter called “We are all Kites in the Wind”. Interesting analogy you say? No analogy, he means it! He states that we are all acutally kites in the wind! What is the evidence for this statement? None is given.

   As you have probably guessed by now, this book isn’t about golf. It’s about…., ahhhh,…whatever – you tell me. If you are the sort of person who likes silly things, claiming that proves “open-mindedness” and “imagination”, then you’ll probably like this book. If you are looking for a book on golf instruction, you’ll be bitterly dissappointed.
   Rating: 2 / 5

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5. C. Eby
   October 30, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   It’s TM for golfers with a Scotish accent. Can’t believe this book has a following.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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