About

Roybob’s Funny Golf Books has, as its primary purpose, the promotion of Roybob’s own masterpiece, Roybob’s Book on Golf, which is not yet published. Secondarily, the site aims to serve as a forum for funny golf stories, a religious philosoophy of golf, and reviews of books on golf.

Since 1997, Roybob, or Roy Maurice Barineau, has ranged between a two and a twelve handicap at Golden Eagle Golf and Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.He holds a B.A. in religion from Baylor University, a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D. in humanities from The Florida State University.He is the author of The Theodicy of Alfred North Whitehead: A Logical and Ethical Vindication, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, Inc., 1991 and coauthor of The Sacred Quest: An Invitation to the Study of Religion, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991.  He is also the author of a few articles, including “Whitehead and Genuine Evil,” Process Studies 19 (Fall, 1990, pp. 181-188) and “The Triumphh of Ethics over Doubt: Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamzaov,”  Christianity and Literature 43 (Spring-Summer, 1994, pp. 375-392).   He has served as a Professor of Humanities at Tallahassee Community College since 1991, and as Chair of the Humanities Program since 2003.  Readers may contact Roybob at info@funnygolfbooks.com.