Now That's a Handicap
By Kate Meyers

(FORTUNE Magazine) – Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly spent two years "crowbarring" his way into the golf bags of a dozen players, and the result is Who's Your Caddy? Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf (Doubleday). His eclectic lineup includes golfers (John Daly, David Duval, Jack Nicklaus), gurus (Deepak Chopra), gamblers (Dewey Tomko), and the unclassifiable (Bob Newhart, Donald Trump). "I carried his bag," says Reilly of Trump. "Someone else carried his hair." Chopra spills his secret for staying warm on a cold day; Bob Newhart tells tales of Bel Air; and John Daly acts up. Reilly's play-by-play of 24 hours with golf's most dysfunctional professional--the smokes, the Diet Cokes, the indecent exposure (no joke)--is alone worth the cover price. As a bonus, each chapter ends with a caddy dictionary in which Reilly translates a few sentences of colorful caddyspeak. Who's Your Caddy is good, wacky fun--and the primo Father's Day gift of the year. --Kate Meyers