In June 2010, Paul Laubach made the unfortunate decision to play all of the top 100 golf courses available to the public, according to Golf Magazine. Spread over 45 months, he managed to complete his goal despite numerous weather, course maintenance and other logistical issues...not to mention his own “senior moment.” The journey covered 87,814 air miles and another 17,051 by automobile. During the trek he suffered two frozen shoulders, a bad lower back, golfer's elbow (left), tennis elbow (right), three major sunburns, hundreds of mosquito bites, poison oak, plus numerous cuts and bruises chasing errant shots into the woods, desert and other prickly flora. None of this was as painful as the cost associated with losing 117 Pro V1s. A confirmed golf addict and cheapskate, he is now chronicling his adventures for his heirs (who will probably get nothing else, as he wasted the estate on this boondoggle).

"Confessions of a Golfaholic is a self-deprecating look at one golfer's efforts to satiate his addiction with the game of golf. During his quest, Laubach had the opportunity to visit such golf hotbeds as Choctaw, Mississippi, Biwabik, Minnesota, Gothenburg, Nebraska and Mesquite, Nevada. He played in temperatures ranging from 32 degrees to 103 degrees, with snow flurries, wind, driving rain, tornado warnings and heat advisories. Five times he needed to return to a venue due to a variety of logistical nightmares and his own incompetence. Through Confessions of a Golfaholic you can create your own great golf experiences by avoiding the many missteps of the author."--Backcover.

Caddyshack meets Breaking Bad! Tom and Carol have the perfect life: good job, happy home, two wonderful kids. While Carol yearns for Tom to join in her search for new age spiritual bliss, Tom's boss insists he take up golf as a business networking tool. In a classic cautionary tale of a happy marriage gone adrift, follow our hero Tom as his obsession takes hold and steers him down a dark twisted road of substance; in this case the substance is golf! When Tom's new found golf lust and Carol's spirit world collide, magic happens. (Spoiler Alert!) Tom comes to believe he's channeling the spirit of the great one, Ben Hogan, and becomes hell bent on unlocking the secret of the "Hogan Swing." Dismayed, Carol seeks out other golf widows for advice but when she hears one woman exclaim, "My husband wouldn't have sex with me now unless I painted myself green and stuck a flag between my legs!" Carol puts her foot down: "It's either me or golf." What Tom does next turns their world upside down!

The legendary comedian's "swinging" memoirs are available at last in paperback, featuring a brand new chapter and photographs.

Caddyshack meets Breaking Bad! Tom and Carol have the perfect life: good job, happy home, two wonderful kids. While Carol yearns for Tom to join in her search for new age spiritual bliss, Tom's boss insists he take up golf as a business networking tool. In a classic cautionary tale of a happy marriage gone adrift, follow our hero Tom as his obsession takes hold and steers him down a dark twisted road of substance; in this case the substance is golf! When Tom's new found golf lust and Carol's spirit world collide, magic happens. (Spoiler Alert!) Tom comes to believe he's channeling the spirit of the great one, Ben Hogan, and becomes hell bent on unlocking the secret of the "Hogan Swing." Dismayed, Carol seeks out other golf widows for advice but when she hears one woman exclaim, "My husband wouldn't have sex with me now unless I painted myself green and stuck a flag between my legs!" Carol puts her foot down: "It's either me or golf." What Tom does next turns their world upside down

The author shares his golf experiences and offers a humorous look at an ecounter with an alligator, the 17 drivers and putters in his garage, and unusual episodes from the history of golf.