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Collects fifty valuable lessons about golf and life, including anecdotes about perseverance, courage, perspective, patience, self-belief, and not taking the game--or life--too seriously.

This book is about the God given capacities we began with which some of us have lost. It is about playing golf, and every other sport as your 'best self'. It's about you learning to address the difficulties, and the various challenges in your life from a perspective that enables you to function at your very best. Many of us have managed to get somewhat lost in our journey through life. Too many of us think of ourself as being our mind, and/or our body. Some believe they are nothing more than their brain, and believe they will become extinct upon the death of their body. I believe we are much more than these things. The Bible tells us we were made in the image of God. If this is true then we are spirit, as God existence is Spiritual. If God is eternal in His Spirit, then we are eternal as well. I believe we have so much we can learn, as there has been so much we have lost. Time is short so, hopefully you will be willing to get started with this book now. Getting back to knowing who and what you really are will be very rewarding. Learning to operate as who and what you truly are will transform your soul. This is about you becoming your best self from having faith. Golf is a tremendously challenging game, and a great teacher. To play it really well requires you be fully in touch with your inner self. Your inner self is your spiritual self, and to some degree most of us have lost sight of knowing this statement as a working reality. By applying what's taught with The Spiritual Game of Golf you will be learning how to function as your 'best self'. You will be able to learn this material, practice with it, and then apply it to reducing your golf scores. It is a great way to go about learning to how function at your very best in all of the things you do. The beauty in learning how to play golf as your best self is the knowledge you will gain is transferable. You can take the things you learn while practicing on the golf course, and apply them to every other part of your life. If you are into playing other sports, you can study and apply the teachings to the sport you play. Your true self as spirit is the most capable part of who you really are. There is no higher form of intelligence, no higher form for knowing, and no higher form of focus in you than when your are in spirit. Why is this, you might ask? Because your spirit is connected to the Spirit of God. When you can turn to yourself in spirit, you are simultaneously turning to God. I kept the writing of this book short and sweet to make it an easy read. There are some terrific instructions on putting, and the bump and roll. The golfer will be able to apply these instructions to every kind of golf shot. The better you get at applying these instructions, the better your game will be. If you read this book with a full understanding, you will begin to have more fun on the golf course. In time, as you apply what you learn to the other challenges in your day, your will begin to have more fun with the rest of your life. The more fun you have, the better you will perform in all the things you do.

Golf. It's the ultimate head game. And when nothing but the best advice will do, along comes M. Scott Peck, M.D., the celebrated psychiatrist and author of the best-selling self-help book of all time, The Road Less Traveled. In Golf and the Spirit, M. Scott Peck writes a book for beginners and masters alike--and even for nongolfers. It goes beyond mechanics to explore the deeper issues, ways of successfully managing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual aspects of this most wonderful, maddening, deflating, and inspiring game. Playing side by side with M. Scott Peck on an imaginary course of his own design--complete with illustrations of each hole--you will come to see the profound truths in this seemingly simple game. Appreciate that life is not linear. Come to understand your own anger and how to heal that which gets in your way. Accept the gifts of humility. Appreciate kenosis, the process by which the self empties itself of self. Benefit from teachers. Know that in weakness often there is strength. Realize that to experience the blessings of golf and life fully, you must accept the divinity that underlies all things. Like the best-selling volumes of Harvey Penick and Michael Murphy, Golf and the Spirit makes a unique contribution to the literature of golf and life. It goes beyond the body to address the heart and soul of the game, creating a rare opportunity for transformation in the lives of its readers, both on and off the fairway. It seems to me the human condition is most basically that we are willful creatures living in a world that, much of the time, doesn't behave the way we want it to. We live in the tension between our will and reality. Sometimes with great effort and expertise, we can change reality or bend it to our will. At other times--also with great effort and expertise--it is we who must change by coming to accept the limitations of the world and of ourselves. How we do this--how we deal with the hazards of life--is quite akin to how we deal with the hazards of a golf course. Sooner or later golfers who stick with the game long enough will almost always come to see it as a metaphor for life. But the word metaphor fails to do justice to all that golf has to teach us. I would go even further and say that, in its own way, golf is life and, not only that, life condensed. If we choose to use it as such, I believe that golf, next to marriage and parenthood, can routinely be the greatest of life's learning opportunities.

Discover the Joy of Giving--and the Rewards of Receiving Our culture is saturated with false teaching on what it means to be blessed, but what does the Bible say about it? How can we truly live blessed lives? With humor, passion, and clarity, pastor and bestselling author Robert Morris presents the secrets of living a blessed life both financially and spiritually. He shows that when God changes your heart from selfishness to generosity, every part of your life-journey is affected. "There is no greater adventure on Earth than simply living the life of generosity and abundance that is available to all of God's people--but so few ever dare to live," says Pastor Robert. "It is a journey of reward. It is the blessed life." First published in 2002, this newly revised and expanded edition includes new content from recent sermons, updated illustrations from years of the life-changing impact of its message, and testimonies from people experiencing the blessed life.

Golf has come a long way from the Highlands of Scotland. It has grown to become a multi-billion dollar a year industry and has captivated the interest of people of all ages, all over the world. The concept of using common activities to teach valuable principles for living is not new. The many parables that Jesus Christ taught used images that were common to life. This isn't the first book written to draw analogies between the game of golf and the game of life, but it is unique in that the author has included some of his own life stories. During the time that he worked on a beautiful golf course as it was being built, he felt prompted to write down some of the insights and comparisons to life, from a Christian perspective, that God was showing him. This little book is simply meant to be a vehicle to direct heart and mind from earthly things onto things above. Jesus is still speaking to the hearts of people today. Read on, and see what He is saying to you!

Football has Tim Tebow and Drew Brees, basketball has Jeremy Lin, and the PGA Tour Leaderboard has Ben Crane, Webb Simpson, Jonathan Byrd, and Stewart Cink. Chad Bonham, author of Life in the Fairway presents in-depth biographies including the testimonies of these highly ranked golf pros and more. Draw courage from their relentless desire to achieve excellence on and off the course. “The pursuit of integrity as a father and a husband always boils down to trust.” - Jonathan Byrd Golf is a game of integrity. Players are their own referees. They make dozens of moral choices in each round. Draw inspiration from these leaders to live a life of unashamed integrity. Step into their family lives and close the book encouraged by their chiseled commitment to living for an audience of One, our Lord Jesus Christ. Reading Life in the Fairway can be a life-changing event for all who participate in the game. The full-color book is an excellent gift for any golfer, sports enthusiast, leader, or men’s Bible study group.

The flood of information and unprecedented transparency reshaping today’s business world has dramatically changed the rules of the game. It’s no longer what you do that sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. Whats are commodities, easily duplicated or reverse-engineered. Sustainable advantage and enduring success—for both companies and the people who work for them—now lie in the realm of how, the new frontier of conduct. For more than a decade, Dov Seidman’s pioneering organization, LRN, has helped some of the world’s most respected companies build "do it right," winning cultures. Seidman’s distinct vision of the world, business, and human endeavor has enabled more than ten million people doing business in over 100 countries to outbehave the competition. In HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything . . . in Business (and in Life), Dov Seidman shares his unique approach with you. Through entertaining anecdotes, surprising case studies, cutting-edge research in a wide range of fields, and revealing interviews with a diverse group of business leaders, experts, and everyday people on the front lines, this book explores how we think, how we behave, and how we govern ourselves to uncover the values-driven "hows" of 21st-century success. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this insightful guide: Exposes the forces and factors that have fundamentally changed the world in which business operates, placing a new focus on the hows with which we conduct ourselves Provides frameworks to help you understand these hows and implement them in powerful and productive ways Helps you channel your actions and decisions to thrive uniquely within today’s new business realities Sheds light on the systems of how—the dynamics between people that shape organizational culture—and introduces a bold new vision for winning through self-governance The qualities that many once thought of as "soft"—trust, integrity, values, and reputation—are now the hard currency of business success and the ultimate drivers of efficiency, productivity, and profitability. With in-depth insights and practical advice, HOW will help you bring excellence and significance to your business endeavors—and your life—and refocus your efforts in powerful new ways. If you want to stand out, to thrive in our fast changing, hyperconnected, and hypertransparent world, open this book and discover HOW. Dov Seidman’s professional career has focused on how companies and their people can operate in both a principled and profitable way. He is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of LRN. Leading companies such as Disney, Dow Chemical, eBay, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Raytheon, and 3M turn to LRN to help management govern more effectively and workers do the right things the right way, even in the most challenging of situations. Dov is a Harvard Law School graduate who also earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in philosophy from UCLA, and a BA with honors in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University. For more on this book, visit www.HowsMatter.com.

As just about every top teaching professional will agree, rarely is it from a lack of physical talent and hard work that most golfers hold themselves back (many know all too well how to struggle and grind with seemingly little progress in relation to effort and try). Instead, it is impatience, frustration, anxiety, and doubt that limit results and hold us back; emotional energies that create tension and resistance inside the body and sabotage states of peak performance time and again. With the introduction of Skills and Drills, international peak performance coach and Spirit of Golf president and founder Tim N. Kremer, M.A., takes mental and emotional training to a powerful new level, offering golfers and athletes everywhere a host of innovative skills and techniques related to improvement through the power of the mind. A practical "how to" book that is heralded as "the first of its kind," Skills and Drills contains dozens of leading-edge practices for anyone who is serious about improvement and taking performance to incredible new heights.

Bringing creativity and innovation into all professions and types of auditing today, this book meets the needs of auditing practices in the future. Recent criticisms of auditing practices by financial regulators, the traditional ‘expectation gaps’ between auditors and auditees and the continuing advances in technology make it even more important today to motivate creativity and innovation in the professions of auditors, be they internal, external, quality, environmental, social, clinical and so on. In Creative and Innovative Auditing, Jeffrey Ridley studies all auditing practices, not just internal auditing, using an innovation model he has developed through research which is applicable to all auditing organisations and professions. He shows how motivating innovation in auditing practices will address the needs of today and tomorrow’s auditing of governance, risk management and control.

"Anger is a part of being human ... how one deals with it defines him, as you so aptly describe. The one constant is the ability to let anger go once it's grabbed on to you. Some are better at it than others. Thanks for your thoughts on this ... they were on point." -Tom Watson, eight-time major championship winner on reading Hole No. 7 "It was delightful reading, and your depiction of the Pebble Beach experience was classic (and very much appreciated, I might add ...). The comparison to St Andrews is a terrific debate. Thanks for making it so appealing. Our sincere best wishes to you in bringing this to many readers and golfers throughout the world." -RJ Harper, Senior VP, Golf at Pebble Beach Company on reading Hole No. 11 "This is the best side-by-side presentation and analysis I've seen." -George Peper, editor, LINKS Magazine on reading Hole No. 9 "Wayne really captured the Augusta National you see in person. It was an enjoyable chapter to read and evoked strong memories of playing the Masters. Well done." -Gary Player, nine-time major championship winner on reading Hole No. 1 "The Verma Cuppers certainly seemed to enjoy themselves and you did well to 'run' on the West Sands, albeit in slow motion, after your experiences the day before! We are delighted you enjoyed the experience at St Andrews and can certainly detect from your writing your appreciation of the history surrounding the Home of Golf." -John Grant, Director of Golf, St. Andrews Links Trust on reading Hole No. 6 Golf Shorts and Plus Fours: Musings from a Golfing Traditionalist from Wayne T. Morden is a sometimes comic look at the game of golf in all its glory and idiosyncrasies. Arranged like an eighteen-hole golf course-including trivia refreshments and three additional playoff holes-this collection of short stories offers life lessons and relies heavily on golf's fundamental tenets to remind golfers why they are so obsessed with this pastime. Morden conveys exasperation over the proverbial sand trap and laughs over Star Wars lingo and Verma Cup antics. Golf has not only taught him how to be a sportsman but it has also taught him how to be a better man to his friends, family, and fellow golfers. Golf Shorts and Plus Fours is a collection of well-informed, analytical and entertaining bits of wisdom that will warm the heart of any devoted golfer.