In an effort to scratch the golf itch with snow lingering in Minnesota, I scoured the deep bowels of golf books in Amazon.com for something to read. Usually such efforts yield mixed results at best, but I found this delightful 125 page book by Jim Ducibella that others might like.
The book describes a marathon golf bet between two members of Olympia Fields that involved one man playing 144 holes a day for four consecutive days in eight cities. The book somehow combines golf courses, characters, ego, wacky promotions, logistics, organized crime and the power of determination in a short entertaining book.
It also includes fairly detailed descriptions of all four courses at Olypmia Fields, Lakeside, Encanto Park in Phoenix, the Red Course at Eisenhower Park and some others that would be of interest to architecture fans.