Golf Industry Central SEP / OCT 2010 | Page 17

BeHind tHe sCenes OF A mAJOr Clive Endive Ogive IV belongs to at least eighteen very exclusive private clubs—certainly all the ones that matter. The fact that he has a Roman numeral four after his name and is exclusive heir to a trust fund whose annual interest is sufficient to pay all his annual club dues in perpetuity—and also somehow manages to write all this money off on his taxes as “legitimate business deductions”—is more than enough to qualify him to author multiple groundbreaking and awe-inspiring books about the wonderful world of private clubs. For more information—and to order additional copies for your friends, enemies, fellow club members and fellow club employees—please visit Clive’s website at www.CliveEndiveOgiveIV .com. You may also to send your thoughts directly to Clive at [email protected]. MURDER AND MAYHEM AT OLD BANBURY Private clubs are inextricably woven into the very fabric of America’s history, traditions and culture—and for that matter, those histories, traditions and cultures of ALL free societies around the world—and members, employees and guests alike (well, maybe not guests) will enjoy the author’s penetrating insights, off-beat humor, blatant irreverence and sarcastic wit. EVERYONE with a sense of humor (club member or not) will laugh his socks off at this latest Clive tale. Clive Endive Ogive IV Murder and Mayhem at Old Bunbury, Clive Endive Ogive IV’s eagerly awaited follow-up to his extremely successful and hugely influential Private Clubs in America and around the World, is another VERY clever and perceptive look into the special world of private clubs. In Murder and Mayhem at Old Bunbury, President Clive and waitress-extraordinaire Esther team up to solve a gruesome murder at one of the world’s truly great private clubs: the Old Bunbury Golf Links & Reading Club. Along the way Clive and Esther reacquaint you with many wacky old friends and introduce you to some even zanier new ones. | 17 $25.00 U.S. and positioned in the most perfect location to capture to traffic flow to and from the golf course. that was in but one of the queues for the many rental car companies at that particular airport. the beneficial impact on the economy of the monterey Peninsula would be hard to judge but there were many who did very well out of the week. Hotel and motel rooms which would normally sell for around Us$100 per night were going for two and three times that amount and were hard to come by. On my arrival at the Budget car rental counter at san Francisco airport it seemed that everyone in the lengthy queue for cars on the sunday before the event was a golf fan or industry colleague headed south. Although i have caddied in a couple previously, this was the first Us Open i had attended as a golf journalist and i could not have been more impressed. some hardened golf journalists were overheard expressing frustration at issues such as the cost of merchandising and the distance between the media park and the media centre (15 minutes on a coach). in my ‘rookie’ year however i preferred to look at the glass half full. i hope i always will. US OPEN photo credits to Bruce Young 2010 New Release Puts Humorous Spin on Murder Mystery Murder and Mayhem at Old Bunbury: A Clive and Esther Tale of Humor and Intrigue this clever tale is another perceptive look into the wonderful and fascinating world of private clubs. Board of directors President Clive Ogive and waitress-extraordinaire esther team up again, this time to solve a gruesome murder at one of the world’s most private clubs – the Old Bunbury Golf Links & reading Club. these colorful characters, first introduced in Ogive’s Private Clubs in America and Around the World, once again give readers a behind-the scenes look at the exclusive world of private clubs. the author’s insights, off-beat humor and wit provide plenty of humorous moments – and political jabs as well. Murder and Mayhem at Old Banbury provides a tongue-in-cheek tale about private clubs, which have significant influences throughout U.s. history and the present. From the moment police and other officials arrive to investigate longtime member Alfie Johnsons’s demise on the golf course, the club is thrown into mayhem. the case has plenty of suspects: Johnson’s three ex-wives, loan sharks and husbands of married women he entertained all had motive to do away with him. so why is Clive not relieved when esther says she’ll investigate on her own? Old Bunbury is rocked by multiple arrests and an assault before the tale comes to its surprising conclusion. Author Clive Endive Ogive IV belongs to at least 18 exclusive private clubs. This is his second book. For more information, visit www.CliveEndiveOgiveIV.com. www.golfindustrycentral.com.au