Hollywood on the Links (Book)
Hollywood On The Links shares entertaining stories about George Clooney, Sean Connery, Amy Grant, James Woods, Will Smith and many more modern day celebrities. It also includes fascinating classic tales from the Golden Age of Hollywood, stories about Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Jack Lemmon and others. Golf has always been a Hollywood game but never more so than in the 90's. Hollywood celebrities aren't much different from the rest of us, they just get to play a lot more golf, what with the ever expanding schedule of charity tournaments or at their home courses in Los Angeles. And it is at these clubs, Riviera, Lakeside, Hillcrest and Bel-Air, that many of the stories in this book take place. It's no coincidence that the clubs all sprang up in the 1920's when film-making in Hollywood really began to take off. They became the hangouts for such legends as Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable. Today such stars as Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemmon and Kevin Costner roam the fairways. One of the great things about golf is how wonderfully it lends itself to storytelling. The game continually tests the traits of character: patience, inner fortitude, grace under pressure and a sense of humor. It is a natural stage for high drama and comedy. Perhaps that's why so many actors are drawn to it. Some of their best performances occur with no camera or audience in sight. But there's always the stories. Golf stories are interesting because for anyone who plays the game they're easy to imagine. We've all been there. Tom Cunneff has written on celebrity golf for both Golf Digest and People Magazine, where he has been a Los Angeles-based staff correspondent for nine years. He has also written for Premiere, Sports Illustrated, Golf and the Los Angeles Times. Length: 205 pages.