Searching in St. Andrews, Sean Zak
Searching in St. Andrews, Sean Zak
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Searching in St. Andrews
Finding the Meaning of Golf During the Game's Most Turbulent Summer

Author: Sean Zak

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/18/2025


Synopsis

When Sean Zak arrived in St. Andrews, Scotland—the mecca of golf—he was determined to spend his summer in search of the game's true essence.

He found it everywhere. At every turn he also found LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed entity which descended on the professional circuit during that summer of the 150th Open Championship. Zak's personal pilgrimage offered him a front-row seat at a cultural reckoning, one which pitted the game's longstanding customs against a divisive new force.

Searching in St. Andrews is the vivid chronicle of an unforgettable sojourn in the birthplace of golf, informed by sublime mornings on the Old Course playing with just four clubs, evenings spent analyzing legal documents riddled with greed, and the characters he encountered along the way.

Listeners will meet a 92-year-old who just learned how to putt, explore the differences between Golf Over There and Golf Over Here, and even experience caddying on the PGA Tour, from deciphering the yardage books to keeping your player on time to drinking until sunrise after you've missed the cut.

Written with heartfelt curiosity and charm, this is an essential portrait of golf amid the crosswinds of tradition, progress, and power.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vincent on November 15, 2024

Needed more about Scotland I liked the book but would have preferred less about LIV and more about the average golfers of Scotland. The author spent too much time on The Open . It would have been better if he told more about what goes on in the pubs.......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on May 09, 2025

A delightful account of the summer of 2022, spent in St Andrews. Just the right balance of golf and life......more