Fun reads: Books on Tiger's year and Loogootee's Boys Basketball

That would be Bob Smiley's Follow the Roar which Diane got me for Christmas. I've taken my time with the book, savoring the daily minutes I've spent reading Bob Smiley as he went around the world and the United States following Tiger hole by hole over the course of the abbreviated season for the greatest golfer in the world. The book is more like a blog - short pieces that sometimes drifted off into subjects and areas that had nothing to do with golf or Tiger. but the focus is definitely on Tiger and his spectacular season. So many glorious moments; so many fantastic shots; so many golden memories. A must read for Tiger fans. (I'll have it on the clubhouse bookshelf if you think you can hold off till the season starts.)

A second book, A History of Loogootee High School Boys Basketball 1905 to 2008, I'm about three quarters of the way through and is fun because I'm seeing a whole bunch of golfers as basketball players down through the years. There's a mention of Rex Hudson who was coaching the 5th or 6th grade teams who happened to play a whole bunch of youngsters in a game but for one: Junior Gee. Junior remembers that and writes about it in the book. And then there's Gary LaMar and Virgil Harper, a couple of golfing partners in our Tuesday Men's League who have been playing together for more than fifty years, maybe first as basketball players a long, long time ago. And even Jim Bateman who broke into a scoring column when he was a sophmore. (Have borrowed this book - it's Jim's. I'll get it back to you here pretty quick, Jim. Promise.)

Fun books.