Golf as Meaningful Play: A Philosophical Guide

Lexington Books (2017)
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Golf as Meaningful Play is a philosophical introduction to golf as a sporting practice and source of personal meaning. It addresses topics of interest to both scholars and intellectually curious golfers, including mental aspects of play, the nature of sport, virtues of the game, and golf in film and literature.

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Walter Thomas Schmid
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