Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season Paperback – March 16, 2013

I read this in only a couple of sittings, so it is a fast read and well written and researched. It does provide a pretty good insider's view of Tiger's 2009 campaign, but mostly focused on the actual events he played in and much less on the back story of what was going on that ultimately led to his fall from grace. It is pretty balanced, although there are tidbits here and there that provide some insight into Tiger, the person, as well as Tiger, the golfer.If you are looking for dirt, there is not very much here and most of it is already public knowledge. This really is a pretty well documented accounting of the events he played in during 2009, but there is not a lot about what happened once the whole story broke mostly because the book was published not long after. There is some good stuff on some of the players on tour, people in Tiger's entourage, and others in his general orbit.The author cleary had an inside seat and provided some insights only an insider could. Still I came away still feeling like I did not have much more of a sense of TIger than what I already knew from other sources or having followed him publicly. It is well written with a few nuggets, but you probably will be wanting for more once you finish the book. It's a good read, but don't expect this to be a tell all or for a lot of new insight on Tiger.

If you like Golf - insight into the makings of a huge Superstar - and an understanding of 'the perfect storm' underlying the fall - you will love this Book. Access to Tiger, his Caddie, Reporters, PGA Professionals, and friends provides an unusual insight, which separates this Book from others.Covering all of Tiger's 2009 Tournaments, the Author lays out Tiger's early relationship and upbringing, along with his relationships with PGA Players, the Press, Team Tiger, close friends - and - finally - the Fall. Tiger's dominance over those around him (Including the 'Golf' - really 'Tiger' Channel)ultimately undermined him. When he needed some friends and Professional Mentors to take him aside, he had none - only clinging admirers, fellow party goers, and money managers.Delicate yet direct, this Book chronicles Tiger's 'comeback' year, which blows up @ Thanksgiving and beyond. The tournament by tournament insight builds a portrait of this insulated self centered world class superstar. The same qualities that contributed to his success, also brought him down. The 2007 wake up call involving the 'Fitness' magazine did nothing, as he paid it no heed. 'Unplayable' is a journalistic hit, which gets you under the layers of the multitude of spins and counter spins. It also brings you the Golf - which is sometimes now forgotten.

Not earth shattering, but a decent book. Appears to be written objectively and definitely a fair assessment, not tabloid writing. A major issue with this title (at least the Kindle version I bought) is a terrible flaw in which every, and I mean every, occurance of the "fl" has been replaced with with "f". Thus "flag" reads "fag", "flew" reads "few", etc. This is bad enough for any title, but for a golf book it is disastrous. Flag and flew are used copiously. I am sure the author cannot be happy with sentences such as, "he fired at the fag". I would chalk this up to a bug in the OCR software of converting a print book to digital, but as this is a brand new title that was released straight to digital format, the original manuscript was most likely created in a digital format. I cannot imagine the author did a global search and replace on a couple of valid "fl" to "f" typos, but even if he or someone else did, the editor should have caught it. So it must have happened post editing.

Not my favourite person,great golfer yes but still a turd who thinks he is beyond reproach . Not a bad read and some good insighrs

I like books like tis because you can normally see what people are really like. Tiger has a lot of good qualities buthe also is lacking in many areas of common decency. This book confirmed the stories of his black next door neighbor who told manystories about Tiger when he had his pay per view website a few years ago. Tiger, why are you so cheap? He actually likes the fact that he is a terrible tipper.Tipping is a good way to see into a person's soul. When you are worth hundreds of million dollars and you take pride and get a kick out of being a bad tipper,that is pretty bad.

The 2009 season was a turning point for Tiger Woods both on the course and off. The book does describe golf inside the ropes from the players point of view and gives us a glimpse into the Tiger Woods' fish bowl. We admire Tiger Woods the golfer, but he is more than a golfer.Tiger Woods the man is at times admirable and deplorable. This book gives a fair treatment of both sides of Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods is very human like us making good and bad choices.

I could not put this book down. If you love golf and are curious to know the thinking of a great champion this writing gives the clearest insight I've ever read about any great player and their highly competive nature! Before you finish it you will certainly have a much better understanding of all those who surround him, especially his caddy Steve...priceless info. You will make no mistake buying this book. This is the real deal.LM

If you like golf and are interested in Tiger Woods, you will love this book. A very inciteful look into a largely unknown celebrity and his game.

I don't consider myself a quitter on a book once in further than the first 50 pages.However, I did on this one some time back and have not returned.This book seemed a little unexciting. Providing a few assumptions and opinions butrarely anything riveting. I am not a golf fan, but will watch a few matchplay roundson TV now and again. Like many, I wanted an objective opinion about Tiger from someonewho claimed to know quite a bit about him. For an 'Insider' this is too sanitised andat arms length for my taste.I heard the author promoting the book on a Saturday radio show while laid low with achest infection. As I needed something interesting to read, I downloaded it and startedreading immediately. I think I was too hasty to make the purchase, as there were fewreviews with any depth to consult.I will return to the book soon and if it grabs my interest, I will certainly improvemy rating of it and give the writer credit where it is due. For now, I don't like it,as I found it rather bland.

I have read another couple of books about Tiger ('The Big Miss' & 'Tiger: The Real Story') and this is by far the worst. Americanised writing style with, in some cases, very poor grammar and badly constructed sentences. Not much about Tiger the man, more about how he played throughout the season, which was acceptable, but not as described in the summary. Just couldn't get into it at all.

Immediately after receiving this book my wife and I left for a three (3) week visit to New Zealand,touring and golf. item yet to be readThe order was delivered within the specified time, so a very commendable service, and would use seller again.