Golf is a simulacrum of life

A group focused on literary appreciations of the beauty, mystery, humor, and psychology of the game of golf, as reflected in such varied books as Golf in the Kingdom, by Michael Murphy; Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf, by John Updike; Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime of Golf; The Golf Omnibus, by P.G. Wodehouse; The Mystery of Golf, by Arnold Hautain; The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport, by Carl Hiaasen; Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, by Fred Shoemaker; and Doctor Golf, by William Price Fox.