- Hardcover: 289 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (April 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385494599
- ISBN-13: 978-0385494595
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,487,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Missing Links meets The Hustler in a hilarious fictional send-up of the most pressure-packed golf tournament in the world.
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?
Where many previous novels have elevated the game to a near-mystical religion, McAllister crashes it firmly back to earth where it belongs, in the hands and hearts of real people in all their devotion, profanity, enthusiasm, exasperation, and sheer joy.
Even if the closest you've ever been to a round of golf was trying to putt past a windmill into a clown's nose, you'll find yourself totally enthralled as these fascinating characters fight the course, their personal demons, and especially each other in their pursuit of the most fiendishly frustrating sport ever created.
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?
Where many previous novels have elevated the game to a near-mystical religion, McAllister crashes it firmly back to earth where it belongs, in the hands and hearts of real people in all their devotion, profanity, enthusiasm, exasperation, and sheer joy.
Even if the closest you've ever been to a round of golf was trying to putt past a windmill into a clown's nose, you'll find yourself totally enthralled as these fascinating characters fight the course, their personal demons, and especially each other in their pursuit of the most fiendishly frustrating sport ever created.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As stated--"The Green" is very fun and entertaining. Being a golfer and an avid Ryder Cup fan I did find myself a bit bored by the explanations of the event and the game, however I'm certain this quality will help the non-golf or Ryder fan to understand it a bit better. Following the 24 or so characters in the book can be confusing. Except of course for the players who seem to be derived straight from the PGA Tour (the Tiger Woods and John Daly facsimiles hit you right in the face). I also found it hard to believe that professional golfers would know so little about the rules of the game. Saying all of this, I couldn't put it down! It is a very quick read and a page turner. I found myself laughing and guessing what will happen next the entire way through. With Ryder Cup a few weeks away this is the perfect way for longtime fans to occupy their time and new or non- fans to have a batter understanding of this great event.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Green is extremely entertaining on a number of levels. It gives the reader the vicarious pleasure of believing that many of those guys out on the tour have 'feet of clay' with their own foibles. Even though they get to play and get paid 5 or 6 days a week, the author would have you believe that most have some personality defect that the common guy doesn't.
On another level, Eddie, the lead character, is everything we wish we could be, in or out of golf. A hustler yes, but dig below the crust, a complex, honest, and talented person, unwilling to put up with the BS of the profession. He's an iconoclast, supremely confident of his own abilities, ready to thumb his nose at traditional concepts.
If you don't love this book and this guy, you don't like good fiction and the game of golf.
Format:Paperback
Got this book for a present for an infirm friend who loves his golf.
He rang me a couple of days later to say he had already finished it!
He had picked it up to read a few pages to see if it was OK to take on holiday abroad with him. 40hrs later, after dodging jobs from his wife and spending far too long in both the bath and on the toilet, it was done...
Can't give a book a better recommendation than that!
He rang me a couple of days later to say he had already finished it!
He had picked it up to read a few pages to see if it was OK to take on holiday abroad with him. 40hrs later, after dodging jobs from his wife and spending far too long in both the bath and on the toilet, it was done...
Can't give a book a better recommendation than that!
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A hands-down must-read
What a surprise: a book that actually lives up to its billing. I tend to get a little cynical sometimes about uniformly glowing reviews, especially in "open forums" like... Read more
Published on 22 July 1999
A super book, whether you play golf or not.
This is a tremendous book, and will make a great movie. I notice most reviews posted here are from people who play golf but take it from someone who never touched a golf club in... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 1999
Could not put it down--even though I missed my tee time!
I started it and could not put it down even though I missed my Sunday tee time and then was late to work on Monday. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999
One Day Max
Any avid golfer will read this book cover to cover in one day. The subtle, mini instructional comments are worth the cost of the book alone. Read more
Published on 24 May 1999
A multi-level marvel
I love the kind of books that can be read at any of several levels: as a good story, a good laugh, an insider's peek at a particular slice of life, insightful commentary about the... Read more
Published on 18 May 1999
Not to be missed - best book I've read so far this year
Okay, it's about golf, but don't worry: it's not one of those cloying, semi-religious odes to golf-as-a-metaphor-of-life...it's more about life itself. Read more
Published on 18 May 1999
An excellent but humorous look at golf
The Ryder Cup is one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world. The top Americans compete against a team consisting of the leading European players in a series of... Read more
Published on 16 May 1999
A wonderful book you'll treasure forever
Only once in a while does a novel come along that seems to re-define an entire genre, and The Green is just that: sports-oriented novels to come are going to be compared to this... Read more
Published on 15 May 1999
I know who Troon McAllister really is
The quote in the beginning and author photo credit are dead giveaways - McAllister is really Lee Gruenfeld. Read more
Published on 14 May 1999
As good as it gets
This is some of the most powerful, compelling writing I've ever read. Don't let this one pass you by.
Published on 11 May 1999
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