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A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the Pga Tour (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series)
Modern · Sports, Nonfiction, History

A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the Pga Tour (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series)

by John Feinstein
1995 · 782 pages · Nonfiction
32 Modern ★ 4.07 on Goodreads · 4K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

#1 New York Times bestseller (1 week at #1). 4.07★ from 4K Goodreads ratings.

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32Must-Read Score
  • Readers59 out of 100 · counts 40%+26
  • Critics0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
  • Bestseller16 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+6
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

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