Golf News for Thursday, November 25, 2004 | Books

Your Pocket Guide to Great Games for Golf

Your Pocket Guide to Great Games for Golf is a book big on ‘side games’ that add extra fun and excitement to a round of golf, but it’s also small enough to slip into your golf bag. “Besides being fun, almost every game in the book allows a legitimate score round for posting,” says Willamette Valley Country Club Golfer Tom Newton, the book’s author. “There’s really not another book like it.”

Your Pocket Guide to Great Games for Golf is a compact survival kit for golfers of all levels. It explains each unique game in easy to understand terms. “I wrote the book after playing golf every Saturday morning with the same guys. The responsibility of coming up with a side game rotated around. When I realized I had to come up with a game, I panicked. I had no idea where to start!” Now, Tom Newton is a golf game guru, and he wrote the book to make it easy for golfers to offer and understand side games.

That’s what makes this a great holiday gift for every type of golfer.

You’ve seen Caddy Shack the movie. But have you every played Caddy Shack the golf game? This original game is so crazy it can turn your opponent into your caddy but still allow you to finish the round with a legitimate score. Golfers will also learn how to play Elimidate, Hot Potato and Mafia. And there are traditional games, too, like Match Play, Nassau and Skins. And learn how a “Press” bet works. It’s all in the book.

The book makes a perfect Holiday gift for golfers of all levels. It’s available in pro shops and online at: www.greatgamesforgolf.com