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An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course

Name: An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
SKU: 9781592408634
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Contributors:

Oliver Horovitz

Publisher:

Penguin Publishing Group

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation

Book Subcategory:

Sports, Golf, Personal Memoirs

Audience:

Young Adult

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Release Date:

2014-02-04

ISBN 13:

9781592408634

Weight:

0.56 lbs

Size:

8.10 x 5.35 x 0.72 inches

Pages:

352

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A hilarious and poignant memoir of a Harvard student who comes of age as a caddie on St. Andrews's fabled Old Course.

In the middle of Oliver Horovitz's high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone rang: It was Harvard. He'd been accepted, but he couldn't start for another year.

A caddie since he was twelve and a golfer sporting a 1.8 handicap, Ollie decides to spend his gap year in St. Andrews, Scotland--a town with the U.K.'s highest number of pubs per capita, and home to the Old Course, golf 's most famous eighteen holes--where he enrolls in the St. Andrews Links Trust caddie trainee program. Initially, the notoriously brusque veteran caddies treat Ollie like a bug. But after a year of waking up at 4:30 A.M. every morning and looping two rounds a day, Ollie earns their grudging respect-- only to have to pack up and leave for Harvard.

There, Ollie's new classmates are the sons of Albania's UN ambassador, the owner of Heineken, and the CEO of Goldman Sachs. Surrounded by sixth generation legacies, he feels like a fish out of water all over again and can't wait to get back to St. Andrews. Even after graduation, when his college friends rush to Wall Street, Horovitz continues to return each summer to caddie on the Old Course.

A hilarious, irresistible, behind-the-scenes peek at the world's most celebrated golf course--and its equally famous caddie shack--An American Caddie in St. Andrews is certain to not only entertain golfers and fans of St. Andrews but also anyone who dares to remember stumbling into adulthood and finding one's place in the world.

About the Author
Oliver Horovitz is a writer, filmmaker, and caddie on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland. He has written feature articles about his rounds in Sports Illustrated, Golf World, Golf Digest, and New England Golfer. In 2007, he wrote and produced a documentary called The Caddies of St. Andrews. He lives in New York City.

An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course

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