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Miracle at Augusta
By James Patterson
- Release Date: 2015-04-06
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
- $9.99
Description
One year after his big golf tournament win, Travis McKinley struggles to find a place in the world of professional sports in this inspiring novel.
A year ago, unknown golfing amateur Travis McKinley shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still, Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success-and after a series of disappointments and personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right.
A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own . . . and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching.
Reviews
Yes Read It!
5By A Head Game!Miracle at Augusta is a must read for all of us hopeless golf hackers. You get to experience so many of the same feelings we all have out there on the links. The game is played so much in your head and Patterson really understands this. You are also likely to have Tin Cup flashbacks as you read. A very fun read!!Thomas Scholl
4By Golf Nut CaseI found the book an easy relaxing read. Many times I discovered myself smiling as I read it. James Patterson reminds us a few times lightly that this is fiction, but to me it is everyday life with errors corrected, new friends made, some from just helping others and the dream of playing Augusta National made all the more rewarding by "sneaking in"Nice Story. Golf is a Game of Rules. The Authors Butcher Them
3By RD840I don't want to give away the end of this very nice story. But clearly the authors are expecting most of their readers to be certainly fans, if not, students of the game. The climactic events involve two clear misunderstandings of basic golf rules. If one hits a second shot either out of bounds, or the ball proves to be lost, the next shot hit is your fourth shot, including the one shot penalty. So if you're on the green of a par 4 you are now putting for 5 or bogey. By the same token, if the second shot you hit you believe is behind a green and you spend five minutes looking for the ball and then you abandon it, it doesn't matter that you later find the first ball and want to count it. Your provisional ball lying four on the green is now in play and the best score you can make is five or bogey. I'm sure a lot of research went into this book. I'm also sure there was probably an editor involved. How they could butcher these basic rules is far beyond me.
