This post may have been poorly timed, given the current state of Tiger Woods' dare I say...affairs (Yikes!...cheap joke at Tiger's expense) but I wanted to showcase a great book with a unique idea while attempting to avoid this level of unintentional comedy. Earlier this fall I finally got around to reading Follow the Roar. This book, written by Bob Smiley, tells the tail of Tiger's heroic albeit abbreviated 2008 season from the fan's perspective. Countless golf books have been written by instructors, journalists, historians, and living legends themselves. More often than not, these books are by shot hole by hole accounts that include every painstaking detail. This book couldn't be further from the norm. Smiley uses his sitcom writing background to convey those memorable moments as he views them through his para scope. Follow the Roar goes beyond just being another golf book that recalls a historically significant season, It also showcases the people and characters he meets along the way as his quest takes him half way around the world.
Below is a clip of a Golf Central Interview with Bob Smiley
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