Praise for Golf on the Rocks
Sutherland has holed it with this odyssey – Scotland on Sunday
A marvellous romp – Daily Telegraph
Beautifully written and evocative. Rich with wry humour and pathos – Scottish Field
Daftly enjoyable. A refreshing and heartfelt journey – The Big Issue
A wonderful, joyous book – Undiscovered Scotland
Golf on the Rocks: A Journey Round Scotland’s Island Courses (Hachette Scotland)
Waterstone’s Scottish Book of the Month – July 2011
I was a lapsed golfer until I acquired my late dad’s putter. After studying a crumpled golf map of Scotland, I decided to embark on a voyage. My target was to play 18 rounds of golf on 18 Scottish islands in honour of my dad, a ship’s captain who, when he wasn’t at sea, was never off the golf course.
My journey would take me from the Northern Isles to the Outer Hebrides. Playing in the Harris hail and Arran sunshine, I would encounter an odd variety of golfing hazards, including sheep on the tees, cows on the fairways and electric fences round the greens.
This is golf in the raw – a million miles from St Andrews. It’s a life-affirming tale of remembrance and discovery. It’s about having a laugh and holding on to what’s dear. And it’s about a putter with magical properties. You can believe what you want to believe, but it all happened…
A heart-warming tale of hooks, slices, ferries, fairways and friendship that’ll make you want to pick up a golf club and phone your dad – Charlie Connelly, author of Attention All Shipping
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