The Green: A Novel

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The Ryder Cup.

A biennial tournament considered the premier event in the golfing world, pitting the twelve best players in the United States against the twelve best of Europe in a contest so pressure-filled it can paralyze even the most battle-scarred tour veterans.

United States captain Alan Bellamy, with one precious slot unfilled and none of the remaining top tour players willing to sign on against a clearly superior European squad, makes a desperate decision in his attempt to preserve America's golfing honor: he selects as his twelfth man one Eddie Caminetti, a low-life, two-bit hustler from a municipal course in South Florida.

The most prestigious tournament in golf will never be the same. As the unforeseen consequences of Caminetti's participation on the Ryder team unfold riotously, Troon McAllister takes us into the minds and souls of elite professional athletes and poses a question as old as golf itself: Why would God create a game even He can't play?

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4.4
5 reviews
A Google user
May 2, 2011
'The Green" is a great concept to a point. Eddie Caminetti is just not that likeable a character to really get behind. The Tour pros are portrayed as a bunch of weak-minded predictable fools who lack any form of leadership or smarts. There are obvious parallels to players on Tour too. That being written, the idea is a pretty good one and the read can be fun at times. I like the idea of a guy who is so good at golf that he can make magic happen. Unfortunately, that player happens to be Eddie Caminetti who is really not a good person or even all that likeable. Of course, Eddie manages to pick apart the weaknesses of all the players involved in a jedi like fashion but sometimes it is just too easy. The reader can hardly relate to a person who would "screw you over" just to make a point or win a bet. The gullible-ness of the rest of the characters is almost shameful. Fun, but try "Mising Links" for a much much better crazy golf novel.
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Dave Freeman
January 17, 2021
If you've never played golf, this will make it interesting. If you play all the time, this will make it fascinating. Come for the con, stay for the game.
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Troon McAllister lives in Southern California. His handicap has been declared a federal disaster area.

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