Four Iron in the Soul

Jan 21, 2025 9:01 AM

Author:Donegan Lawrence

Four Iron in the Soul by Lawrence Donegan - the hilarious inside story of Golf

In this very funny sports book, young journalist Lawrence Donegan tells the story of the summer he spent caddying for Scottish golfer Ross Drummond, ranked over 400 in the world,on the European Tour. This is the amazing story of the geniuses,the cheats, the gurus and the hangers-on that make up the golf scene.

A cross between Nick Hornby and Bill Bryson, this book will be loved by readers of Fever Pitch and Notes from a Small Island.

'A joy to read. Not since Bill Bryson plotted a random route through small-town America has such a breezy idea for a book had a happier or funnier result' - Lynne Truss, The Times

'Funny, beautifully observed and it tells you things about sport in general and golf in particular that nobody else had thought to pass on' - Patrick Collins, Mail on Sunday

Lawrence Donegan was born in Scotland in 1961. He went to Stirling University, and had a brief spell as a pop star - he was in the band THE BLUEBELLS, who had a big hit with the infuriatingly catchy "Young at Heart", before joining the Guardian. He lives in Glasgow.

Reviews

This is a really interesting and original premise that will certainly make you think again about what you know about sport and perhaps make you watch it in an entirely new light

—— J Craddock , Nudge

Interesting and revealing... the most accurate description of what being a highly-regarded domestique in the modern peloton is really like'

—— Cycling Weekly

One of the hardest working domestiques in the sport

—— Cycling Weekly

Couldn't put it down…the best insight into the peloton since Paul Kimmage’s Rough Ride

—— William Fotheringham

A must read. Absolutely outstanding

—— Paul Kimmage

[Wegelius] tells it better than anyone before him

—— Independent

[Charly Wegelius] tell[s] it better than anyone else before him

—— Independent

Loved this book

—— David Millar

Lays bare the true struggle of life on the circuit and demystifies much of cycling’s inner machinations

—— Cyclo

Lewis is a reporter of rare skill and he writes with wit and verve… It is by turns horrifying, moving and unexpectedly funny. It’s also the sports book of the year by a backcountry mile

—— Alex Bilmes , Esquire

Absorbing

—— Tom Robbins , Financial Times

Tim Lewis’ fascinating story of Rwandan cycling isn’t a typical rags to riches, triumph against adversity tale

—— Ben East , Observer

My selection for the cycling book of the year so far. The incredible story of road cycling in Rwanda, it is a tale that quite brilliantly portrays the power of sport to effect change and roots itself in Africa’s challenge to what we mean by ‘global sport.’. Superb, a must-read

—— Mark Perryman , Socialist Unity

The unlikely true story of two US ex-pros who travelled to Rwanda with visions of creating Africa’s first world-beating professional cycling team

—— Simon Usborne , Independent

This book is an entertaining account taking in everyone from stage winners and former yellow jerseys who couldn’t hang on, to a breakaway leader who stopped for a bottle of wine and then took a wrong turn, to a doper whose drug cocktail backfired

—— Bike Radar

We know the winners of the Tour de France, but Lanterne Rouge tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed rider

—— Miss Dinky

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