BOOK OF THE DAY: FEARGAL QUINN reviews Shooting For Tiger By William Echikson Public Affairs 269pp, $24.95

"Don't your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington” were the words of a Noel Coward music- hall song. Substitute golf course for music hall and then read Shooting for Tiger. The book is full of anecdotes about young golfers and the influence that golf has had on their lives. It’s a book about young American golfers but could well apply here too. The real meat is in the behaviour of parents who dote on their offspring and devote time and money in the hope of producing another Tiger Woods...

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Entertaining and valuable account of how to play the Trump card

A few months ago I played golf on a spectacular golf course in the Caribbean called the Trump International Golf Club and was impressed at the huge investment in such a faraway resort.I questioned the gamble of putting so much money into such a venture and the confidence of somebody to do that.So, with an inquisitive mind, I picked up Think Like a Champion to see if I could learn more about this man who appears to succeed at every project he pursues; real estate, entertainment, golf course development and TV – all seem to respond to his Midas touch...