If you never had the chance to meet or see a live performance by the late, great Bing Crosby, then I highly suggest you read 18 Holes with Bing. Written by his youngest child, Nathanial, it is a series of stories about this American entertainment icon. Nathaniel Crosby was a serious golfer in his own right, winning the 1981 U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. The book was written by a golfer about another golfer, his father. Fittingly, the book has 18 chapters, very appropriate for a book with a golf theme. 18 Holes with Bing is filled with a series of interesting, humorous, and refreshingly positive stories about a man who was much more than a 18 Holes With Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons fromDad musical legend. In the words of his second wife, Kathryn, Bing was really a “golfer that sang.” He was also a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a co-founder of the Del Mar racetrack in southern California, and an avid outdoorsman, who loved to hunt and fish. It is obvious that Bing Crosby was a sports-loving kind of guy. More importantly, he was also a great and caring father, who was a tremendous provider for his family. He was not an enabler. Bing Crosby worked for everything that he had and instilled that work ethic in his children. Bing died at age 74 in August 1977 of a heart attack after playing a round of golf, while on By Mike May Indiana Golf Journal
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