GOLF BOOK

A hacker's quest to break par

within 12 months .... Dream

On is John Richardson's story

Take a hacker who can't break 100 and make him break par on a championship course - all within a year? Dream On …
Meet John Richardson, a regular bloke with a wife, daughter and demanding full-time job, who enjoys a round of golf in his spare time. That is until he decides to see whether he can make a "random fantasy" a reality by taking a whopping 33 strokes off his handicap and shooting a level par round or better WITHIN A YEAR.
With no natural golf talent, precious little time and no fitness level to speak of, can he pull it off while keeping those at home and at work happy?
"Dream on," suggests Sam Torrance. Try three years, not one, proposes Darren Clarke. They are sentiments shared by, well, pretty much everyone!
However, not one to throw in the clubs before he 's started, Richardson remains resolute and so begins an exhausting but exhilarating year of living, breathing, eating and sleeping golf.
From one-to-one coaching to late nights in golfing chat-rooms, from learning the mental game to reading 60 golf books and practically every golfing magazine available, from spending too much money on another set of "guaranteed to improve your game" clubs to more than 1,000 hours practising on the range, Richardson tries it all in his quest for success.
Does he play the game of his life and break par at the end of it?
To find out you will have to read the book .
A roller-coaster ride from beginning to end, Dream On is a story of disbelief and determiniation, trauma and triumph. Well-written, funny and inspirational, it is a must for any golfer who dreams of improving his or her game.
The author.
John Richards worked for more than 15 years in the coffee bar and restaurant industry, at one time running the largest sandwich business in Ireland. He used this experience to write The Coffee Boys' Step-by-Step Gude to Setting up and Managing your own Coffee Bar.
A keen golfer, he lives with his wife and daughter in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
Dream On - One Hacker's Challenge to Break Par in a Year (by John Richardson) will be published on May 28 (paperback £9.99) by Blackstaff Press, one of Ireland's foremost publishers.