He writes poignantly about Erik Compton competing on his third heart, and the equally impressive displays of courage by Amy Bockerstette and Casey Martin. There are stories of Hall of Famers such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Greg Norman – I didn’t know that Ernie Els throws away every ball that makes a birdie – and lesser-known pros such as Joel Dahmen and his funnyman caddie Geno, Maverick McNealy and unlikely major winner Sophia Popov. His scorecard includes an underwater hole in Australia, a green in Indonesia where monkeys are the most serious hazard and a par-3 shot over a pit of alligators. He flew around the world for the story but never wrote it … until now. Reilly also recounts how he talked editors at Sports Illustrated into letting him do a story on the 18 most unforgettable golf holes around the globe. Rick Reilly’s latest book includes a collection of columns on why we love the game. Spoiler alert: golf saved his relationship with his father and the two eventually reconcile through the game. Reilly’s personal journey is interspersed throughout the book and is the glue that holds the various sections together spanning his life and connecting his tumultuous relationship with his father. I’ve been fortunate to get to know Reilly a bit in the press room and we were colleagues for a hot minute at The Athletic in 2018, but still, I had no idea that he grew up with a father who was an abusive alcoholic with a golf habit too, and how that colored his feelings about the game initially. Reilly channels his insatiable curiosity, trademark sense of humor and vast knowledge of the game in what amounts to a collection of 80 new columns that is a love letter to the game he clearly loves so much. So, it was with great anticipation that I dove into reading Reilly’s latest book, “So Help Me Golf,” which was released last month (Hatchette Books, $29.) Sometimes he’d make me laugh, other times he’d make me cry. I don’t mean to make Rick Reilly feel old, but as a kid I used to run to the mailbox on Thursday, grab my new copy of Sports Illustrated, flip to the back, and drop everything to read his latest back-page column. Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland.Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland.Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America.
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