SO WE JUST GOT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO KEEP COMING OUT FOR. GOLFERS LOST IN PLAIN SIGHT. IT’S A NEW GOLF BOOK THAT’S ALREADY SOLD OVER 200 COPIES ON AMAZON IN JUST ONE MONTH. YOU CAN FIND THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK AT CRESCENT HILL GOLF COURSE ON BROWNSBORO ROAD. GENERAL MANAGER AND TEACHING PRO GARY DEMLING WENT ALL IN ON THE IDEA DURING COVID AND MADE IT A REALITY, TELLING THE STORIES HE’S LIVED IN DECADES IN THE GOLF BUSINESS. THERE’S BEEN OVER 200 ACTUALLY SHIPPED. IF YOU GO ON AMAZON, THE FIRST FOUR REVIEWS ARE FROM WOMEN, WHICH IS TINY AND NONE OF THEM PLAY GOLF. SO THE BOOK ISN’T JUST FOR GOLFERS, IT’S MORE OF A COMEDIC, HUMOROUS, REAL LIFE STORIES THAT PEOP
Gary Demling is from a well-known Louisville golf family. Now, you can add published author to his personal list of accomplishments. His father, Moe, is a Hall of Fame golf professional, who has taught some of the top players in the area over the last 50 years. Gary, a teaching pro and the general manager at Crescent Hill Golf Course, made a decision during COVID. The decision to write a book. The book is dedicated to his father. “The only thing I could during COVID was play golf and do yard work,” Demling said. “My yard was immaculate and my golf game was good. So at night I started compiling stories into a book on Microsoft Word. Instead of doing chapters, I did rounds.”The finished product, Golfers…Lost in Plain Sight, was published and went on sale on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing in March. It’s full of tales that Demling has experienced in years dealing with area golfers. “Since then there has been over 200 actually shipped,” Demling said. “If you go on Amazon, the first four reviews are from women, which is kind of neat, and none of them play golf. So the book isn’t just for golfers, it’s more humorous, real life stories that people can enjoy. The one thing I wanted to do was make people laugh, but I also wanted to do it for a purpose.”Some of the proceeds from the book will benefit mental health research. The book is $14, and was No. 6 among new releases in golf books on Amazon last week.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Gary Demling is from a well-known Louisville golf family. Now, you can add published author to his personal list of accomplishments.
His father, Moe, is a Hall of Fame golf professional, who has taught some of the top players in the area over the last 50 years.
Gary, a teaching pro and the general manager at Crescent Hill Golf Course, made a decision during COVID. The decision to write a book. The book is dedicated to his father.
“The only thing I could during COVID was play golf and do yard work,” Demling said. “My yard was immaculate and my golf game was good. So at night I started compiling stories into a book on Microsoft Word. Instead of doing chapters, I did rounds.”
The finished product, Golfers…Lost in Plain Sight, was published and went on sale on Amazon through Kindle Direct Publishing in March. It’s full of tales that Demling has experienced in years dealing with area golfers.
“Since then there has been over 200 actually shipped,” Demling said. “If you go on Amazon, the first four reviews are from women, which is kind of neat, and none of them play golf. So the book isn’t just for golfers, it’s more humorous, real life stories that people can enjoy. The one thing I wanted to do was make people laugh, but I also wanted to do it for a purpose.”
Some of the proceeds from the book will benefit mental health research. The book is $14, and was No. 6 among new releases in golf books on Amazon last week.