<b> The hysterical story bestseller about one man''s epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world''s greatest round of golf </b><br><br> By turns hilarious and poetic, <i>A Course Called Ireland</i> is a magnificent tour of a vibrant land and paean to the world''s greatest game in the tradition of Bill Bryson''s <i>A Walk in the Woods</i>. In his thirties, married, and staring down impending fatherhood, Tom Coyne was familiar with the last refuge of the adult male: the golfing trip. Intent on designing a golf trip to end all others, Coyne looked to Ireland, the place where his father has taught him to love the game years before. As he studied a map of the island and plotted his itinerary, it dawn on Coyne that Ireland was ringed with golf holes. The country began to look like one giant round of golf, so Coyne packed up his clubs and set off to play all of it-on foot. <br><br><i>A Course Called Ireland</i> is the story of a walking-averse golfer who treks his way