Golf in the Kingdom

Author Murphy meets up with an ageless Elfin golfer late at night. He gets schooled in being "at one with the ball". Must read to elevate your psychic game play!

I enjoyed this book a lot. I was trying to figure out if it was a good book for non golfers, and that is harder to evaluate. But if you like golf, I think you'll like this book a lot. If you like golf and eastern philosophy, I think you'll love it. There is so much to relate to about the game and so many eye and mind opening lines of thought. I can see why forty five years after its publication it is still popular.

Fun read in the spiritual side of golf. Thought provoking and sure to give you a deeper perspective on the next round with your buddies.

OK, so I'm an avid golfer who had never heard of this book. It popped up somewhere and the reviews looked interesting so I bought it expecting some exciting reading about golf and basic philosophy. I really got neither golf nor philosophy.I gave it three stars because it's just that - OK. The first half of the book is good reading with the discovery of the spirit of McDuff living in a cave on an anonymous golf course in Scotland by the author and a Scottish golfing legend named Shivas Irons. Murphy writes in the first person and at times it's easy to lapse into seeing the story as an actual experience, not a novel. Shivas takes Murphy through a hard learning experience during a round of golf the two play (with a third member)that starts off with Murphy being penalized for a shot that in reality, he shouldn't have been. By making Murphy play the round by the strictest of adherence to the rules of golf, he opens his mind to reality. The new revelation takes hold so fast that Murphy plays the back nine under par. Then they spend much time together in the small village and the interaction at dinner with a local family is entertaining, if not enlightening.The second half of the book had me speed-reading through philosophical clap-trap that was laborious and confusing. Aligning philosophy and golf is a stretch that Murphy doesn't quite pull off and for me, was disjointed and in many cases left me wondering what he was trying to communicate. I must say though that I have since tried to develop a relationship with my golf ball as in the book. Unfortunately, the ball often severs the relationship by divorcing me with a trip into a water hazard or stand of trees. So, it wasn't great for me but it was OK. I won't be buying the book he wrote about Shivas because this was plenty and my golf scores haven't dropped.

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This is the third time I've purchased this book in the past 30 years. It somehow keeps getting borrowed, and shall we say, adopted. I worked for a golf products manufacturer for 20 years and I kept it on my desk as a kind of "channel" when things weren't up to par. If there is one ingredient that is the perfect addition to golf, it is mysticism. I would categorize the book for you, but there isn't one. Great read (and re-read) regardless of your participation in the game.

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This book can be described as either 99% story and 1% traditional golf instruction or 1% story and 99% non-traditional golf instruction. Either way you'd be right. If you enjoyed Quantum Golf then you will also like this book, although Golf in the Kingdom definitely goes deeper down into the rabbit hole. I can see how reviewers either love or hate this book because it is not your typical golf book. It's definitely geared more toward the "Zen" golfer who seeks improvement through abstract concepts versus hard and fast mechanical technique. Overall I enjoyed this book and I feel it is one that you can go back and re read every once in a while.