Lost Balls Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies

LOST BALLS is a unique and colorful look at the game of golf from the perspective of the under-celebrated wayward shot. Charles Lindsay's photographs offer a humorous and inquisitive foray into the hazards where golf balls are lost-rough, woods, bunkers, and wetlands-as well as unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. An avid golfer with plenty of experience losing balls, Lindsay photographs his way to the heart of the game with a light touch and an eye for telling details. In the process, he discovers balls ravaged by golfers, gators, and foxes-and lost for over a century.

Charles Lindsay is the author of several books of photography, including Upstream: Fly Fishing in the American West; Turtle Islands: Balinese Ritual and the Green Turtle; and Mentawai Shaman: Keeper of the Rain Forest. Lindsay's work has appeared in numerous international publications and has been profiled on NPR and on CNN International.

John Updike is a prolific novelist, essayist, poet, and critic. His early career was spent as a staff writer at The New Yorker. He is best known for his "Rabbit" series of novels, the last two of which (Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest) won Pulitzer Prizes for fiction. An avid golfer for 40 years, he is also the author of Golf Dreams.