The Legend of Bagger Vance
by Steven Pressfield
A 1931 golf match in Savannah, a broken war veteran, and a mysterious caddie who teaches him to find his 'authentic swing'. The Bhagavad Gita in golf form. Slighter than the film's fame suggests and still a decent fable about self-trust.
Read it if…
you play golf, or want a gentle fable about returning to yourself.
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Skip it if…
you want Pressfield's warrior books.
Try instead: Lateral Thinking →
Three things you will actually use
- Your authentic swing already exists.
- Stop trying; start allowing.
- The field is the self.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the authentic swing.
Our verdict
The Gita, in golf.
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