Books by Chris Rodell
"Golfs Greatest Practical Jokes"
becker&mayer! books, April 2007

"The Last Baby Boomer"
A 221-page satire about the life and death in the year 2081 of the last Baby Boomer, Martin J. McCrae. Coming to a major bookstore near you sometime before the year 2081.

"Amazing, But True Golf Facts"
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003

"Manly Golf: 50 Ways to Muscle Your Way to Victory"
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002.

"When Bad Things Happen to Good Golfers,"
with Allan Zullo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998.

In addition, Chris has authored eight page-a-day calendars for Andrews McMeel Publishing.

"Hole-in-One! The Complete Book of Fact, Legend and Lore on Golf's Luckiest Shot"
Andrews McMeel Publishing, Spring 2003.

Praise for Hole in One!

The New York Times
"Hole in One!" is a delightful book, full of juicy facts (Arnold Palmer saying his first hole in one was more exciting than his first kiss), surprising insights (Jan Stephenson's father telling her to, in general, "smell the roses," but forget about that after you score an ace), and a barrel of laughs (anything about Nixon and golf is hilarious). -- Ira Berkow

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
This charming collection of vignettes, anecdotes and stories about holes in one -- they happen once per 12,600 times an amateur golfer plays a par-three hole -- includes sections on presidential and celebrity golfers, the best courses to play -- the closest is Olde Stonewall in Ellwood City -- and reactions from pros including Corey Pavin, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and, yes, Tiger Woods.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
GOOD READS
The hole-in-one is the luckiest shot in golf, which explains how some golfers can go 50 years without making an ace and others can catch lightning in a bottle the first time they tee it up. "Hole-In-One! The Complete Book of Fact, Legend and Lore of Golf's Luckiest Shot" (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.95), by Chris Rodell, is an entertaining compilation of facts and anecdotes about one-shot wonders. The book makes for a perfect Father's Day gift, even if Dad has never gotten lucky.

Greensburg Tribune-Review
Chris Rodell has published a nifty little book. "Hole In One! The Complete Book of Fact, Legend and Lore on Golf's Luckiest Shot" is an entertaining, easy read that's perfect for one of those warm, sunny afternoon's on the deck after a morning round of golf. The book has some amazing, as well as downright funny, accounts of holes in one that have occurred through the years to the rich and famous as well as regular Joes

Syracuse Post-Standard
"Hole In One!: The Complete Book of Fact, Legend, and Lore on Golf's Luckiest Shot."(Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.95) Chris Rodell puts together a collection of some of the most bizarre aces on record in this paperback release.
He tells of how the entire members of one family "own" a hole at their club by virtue of all of them having aced the same hole. He recounts how a dreadful hacker gave up the game the same day he got his only ace (which kept his score "down" to a whopping 123-over-par 193 for the day). And he shows that skill doesn't always factor into a one-shotter, with stories of first-timers acing holes on their first swing.
The cruelest story, however, tells of a North Carolina golfer who made a hole-in-one while playing alone. In trying to prove his case, he took the course's assistant greens superintendent back out to the hole as the sun was setting. When he teed up a ball and demonstrated his swing, amazingly the ball dropped into the hole again.
The sad irony? Neither ace counted. To be official, a hole-in-one must be witnessed and must come during the play of a full round.

Hartford Courant
Only three presidents -- all Republicans -- have made one; 3-year-old toddlers have hit them - but what are your odds of scoring the elusive ace? According to "Hole in One! The Complete Book of Facts, Legend, and Lore on Golf's Luckiest Shot," by Chris Rodell (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.95), it's one in 12,600. For those who never achieve golf's highest goal, this comprehensive collection of statistics, anecdotes and unusual stories is the next best thing.

TravelGolf.com
Chris Rodell's the only golf writer in the world who lives on Arnold Palmer Drive, a half mile from Latrobe Country Club in Pennsylvania -- the home of Mr. Palmer himself. He's also a writer who specializes in the quirky side of golf and life.
His new book, Hole In One!, The Complete Book of Fact, Legend, and Lore on Golf's Luckiest Shot, is full of stories, anecdotes and fun facts -- did you know 42,000 golfers a year register an ace?
"A hole in one can happen to the holy and the hapless, the magnificent and the mundane," Rodell says. "It happened to Richard Nixon, to drunken stooges, pastors, toddlers, blind grandmothers and one-armed senior citizens."
Some of the interviews Rodell had with PGA Tour players came at the 2002 Texas Open in San Antonio -- including chats with Corey Pavin, D.A. Weibring, Joel Edwards, Fred Funk, Brandt Jobe, Bob Estes, David Gossett, Mark Brooks and Notah Begay. He also spoke to Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw and legendary Texas ace machine -- Odessa's Mancil Davis, who has 51 perfect shots.
Hole In One! is an affordable paperback ($9.95), check your local book store or call Andrews McMeel Publishing at (816) 932-6700.

Michigan Golfer On-line
HOLE IN ONE BOOK IS AN ACE
Chris Rodell has just penned "Hole in One!, an Andrews McMeel Publishing book. It is one of those quick reads that you can grab and put in your bag as you head out for a trip. It mentions Trevino's hole in one at Treetops, the earliest one, a shot hit at 6:30 A.M. at Gull Lake View in 1977, Eddie Randolph got a hole in one on his first day of retirement at Plum Hollow GC in Southfield, birthday boy, Bob Hope had six of them and you can see Robert Trent Jones himself describe his own hole in one on the Baltusrol Golf Club's Lower Course 4th hole. Criticised by some of the members for making the hole too tough, he holed out the 4th and said, "Gentlemen, the hole is fair. Eminently fair."

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