“We found Final Rounds to be a very special tribute to love—of family, of golf, and of life.”

—Arnold and Winnie Palmer

“A glinting, lyrical, heartbreaking, hilarious pilgrimage.”

—Yankee Magazine

“You don’t need to be a golfer to enjoy this wonderful book.”

—The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

“This story of intergenerational love will appeal to all readers.”

—Los Angeles Times

“I have never liked golf or understood the people who play it. Now I have an abiding respect for both, just as I understood fly-fishing and fly fishermen after reading A River Runs Through It.”

—Lee Walburn, Atlanta Magazine

“Wise, instructive, funny, and utterly enjoyable…Final Rounds is as carefully organized a book as you will find. It is a combination autobiography, biography, travelogue, and painless history of golf.”

—Portland Times-Herald

“Final Rounds takes readers on a wonderful journey to some of the most famous golf courses in the world….But like each round of golf, Final Rounds is about much more than the game itself. It is a journey of discovery for a father and a son and for their relationship.”

—USA Today

“One cannot help but be moved by the alternately funny and sad, beautifully written elegy to a man and a game.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Powerful and deeply moving.”

—Publishers Weekly

“There is something here for every reader.”

—News & Record, Greensboro, NC

“A unique and touching piece of writing, Final Rounds brought back memories of all the rounds in England and Scotland that I played with my own two sons. It won’t improve your handicap, but it definitely will improve your appreciation of the game.”

—Mark H. McCormack, founder of IMG and author of What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School

“Final Rounds is moving proof that golfers don’t think only about their swings. It also demonstrates a point I’ve been trying to make to my wife for several years: a golfing trip to Scotland can be a transcendent act of love.”

—David Owen, author of My Usual Game

“James Dodson’s resonant memoir of life with his extraordinary father is a love story in the highest sense of the phrase; a tender and beautiful book.”

—Anne Rivers Siddons

“Final Rounds is not just another golf book. Shot through with wisdom and humor and truth, Final Rounds is, in the end, a compelling and ineffably moving book. And an original one.”

—James Finegan, author of Blessed Greens and Blasted Heaths

“One does not have to be a golfer to recognize that Final Rounds is a lesson in sheer courage, filial love, determination, and good humor. There is immense drama in an individual’s determination to overcome adversity, to attain a goal, and to realize a dream. This represents the learning experience of the book. So read Final Rounds, and come along on the tour with James and his father.”

—Jack Lemmon

“Dodson’s skillful renderings of Scotland’s charm, golf’s many and varied lessons and his love for his admirable father make his memoir well-crafted, engaging and meaningful.”

—The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

“What comes through Dodson’s book, besides a touching portrait of an enviable father-son relationship, is the life lesson available from golf for those who pay attention….Dodson’s book has captured much of what it is to be a golfer, a son and a father.”

—Winston-Salem Journal