{"title":"Ron Garland","description":"\u003cp\u003eRON GARLAND is the founder of the Golf Nuts Society, which he established in 1986, and the author of \u003cem\u003eGolf Nuts: You've Got to Be Committed\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRefrigerator Perry and the Monsters of the Midway\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarland won the Oregon Amateur in 1986 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in education from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Garland has worked in sales for more than thirty years, a career he entered after teaching for two years following his graduation. His books reflect a lifelong engagement with sports, from professional football to the culture of golf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon lives in Orlando, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Garland’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"golf-nuts","title":"Golf Nuts: You've Got to Be Committed","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThese are the folks who practice chip shots in elevators with invisible wedges. These are the people on the golf course in parkas on the first day the temperature tops 30 degrees. These are the junkies who spend hundreds of hours searching pharmaceutical companies' websites for a cure for the \"yips\". These golfers are \"nuts\" and the anecdotal stories of \u003ci\u003eGolf Nuts\u003c\/i\u003e are proof. In pathological putting circles, author Ron Garland is known as the \"Head Nut\" of the Golf Nuts Society, an organization that he founded which now boasts a vast membership of \"nuts\", and these are his favorite accounts from a group of seemingly normal people with an abnormal obsession.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/158536066X\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781585360666\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ron Garland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43236423794904,"sku":"9781585360666","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781585360666_FC_mockup_v2_1740147620_4b8484c6-9017-4319-bf9a-76ec016e18b3.jpg?v=1791026356"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-ron-garland.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}