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BOOK REVIEW
by Rick Hendershot, The
Weekend Golfer
The Kingdom of Shivas Irons
by
Michael Murphy
1997, Broadway Books
When Michael Murphy wrote Golf in the Kingdom more than 30 years ago,
it became one of the bestselling golf books of all time. For many of us it was
an introduction to the mystical side of golf, and an invitation to think of the
game as more than an obsession, or an opportunity for unlimited
frustration.
In the sequel, Murphy returns to Scotland to seek out the
mysterious golf pro, Shivas Irons, who was the subject of much of the first
book.
While The Kingdom of Shivas Irons has its moments, on the whole it
is disappointing. In the first Kingdom book, Irons was a believeably mysterious
sage who lived a solitary life somewhere in the Highlands of Scotland. The event
that haunted Murphy for 30 years, and led to his return, was the magical round
of golf he and Irons played on the links at "Burningbush" in the middle of the
night — capped off, of course, by the obligatory hole in one on an impossible
par 3.
In
that book Irons hinted at the quest to reach new levels of awareness, but it was
just a hint. Now, in the sequel, Irons has been elevated to the status of a
demi-god, or so it would seem. And that's another problem. We never see Irons,
and Murphy finds only vague suggestions of him. We are supposed to understand
and respect the years-long convoluted search Murphy and his acquaintances set
for themselves. Hmmmm.
The truth is, the search is destined to end the
way it does, because Irons is a figment of Murphy's imagination. He sees bright
lights in the sky, hears mysterious voices, has unexpected encounters with red
haired men who bear a strange resemblance to Irons. But no Shivas Irons. Murphy
really likes these elliptical references. How else can you explain the 300 pages
of them?
For the golfer, the "nagging question", as Murphy puts it is
"Why golf?" Why is this connection with the mystical so often made with golf?
Not tennis or lawn bowling or Australian rules football; but golf! Is golf an
essential part of the Irons mystique, or could he just as well have been a
professional baseball player? Of course we have our suspicions; but Murphy
doesn't help much.
More important, this book is unsatisfying in its
artificiality. Books like this one usually include a magical round in which a
player hacks it up for a few holes, then adequately humbled, submits himself to
a higher power or an inner peace and starts firing birdies. Murphy doesn't
disappoint. He takes on an unnamed golf pro at Pebble Beach and inspired by the
wisdom (and possibly the presence) of Irons, battles him to a virtual draw.
Fairly predictable.
The best scene comes during one of Murphy's trips to
Moscow (these mystical searchers seem to do a lot of world travelling). He finds
himself paired with an eccentric Italian, Ziparelli. This strange fellow has
made it his life's work to turn himself into a living demonstration of Homer
Kelley's The Golfing
Machine. This is the ultimate obsession with mechanics! Murphy is
obviously mocking this view of the game.
If you are seriously into "new
age" thinking, you may find this book worth reading. Otherwise I recommend you
stick with Golf in the Kingdom. |
