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THE ALL-IN-ONE AUDIOBOOK Time Major Winner

“We all know that J. D. is extremely talented. Once he gets going, he gets going.” —Tiger Woods If you know anything at all about John Daly, you know he approaches the game of golf from a slightly different perspective than your average two- THE ALL-IN-ONE AUDIOBOOK time major winner. How different? Well, for starters, Long John thinks the PGA Tour ought to permit Bermuda shorts, make carts mandatory, and strip-search tournament patrons at the entrance gate to keep cameras and cell phones off the course. In Golf My Own Damn Way, you’ll take a virtual ride on Big John’s magic bus as he tells you the best way to grip it so you can rip it. Looking for a sure cure to bunkerphobia? It’s here. A one-hour golf lesson that’s 100 percent guaranteed to make you a better golfer? Ditto. Want to know what golf and sex have in common? You came to the right book. Golf My Own Damn Way is an off-the-wall and intensely personal, yet imminently practical and accessible tip sheet on how to cut ten strokes off your score—now. Two things are certain: you’ve never seen a golf instructional book quite like this one and you’ll never need another one. JOHN DALY has won the PGA’s Driving Distance Crown a record-setting eleven times, was named the 1990 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the PGA Championship the following year. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling autobiography My Life In and Out of the Rough. Glen Waggoner is the author of two books about golf—Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips and The Traveling Golfer— and is the executive editor of ESPN Books. WILLIAM DUFRIS has been nominated six times as an audiobook finalist for the APA’s Audie Awards and has garnered fifteenAudioFile Earphones Awards. Named One of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile, his recent audiobooks include The Futurist by James P. Othmer and Ask a Mexican by Gustavo Arellano. ACTUAL SIZE 2060 Playaway is a better listening experience combining an easy-to-use player with an entire audiobook. Ask your librarian for more details! WWW.PLAYAWAY.COM © 2007 Playaway. Patent Approved. All rights reserved. Designed in Ohio. Made in China. PLAYAWAY® and associated logos are registered trademarks of Findaway World, LLC. 31999 Aurora Road, Solon, OH 44139 USA.

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