The Gods of Golf Author:David L. Smith, John P. Holms Tom Cruickshank is about to, read or not. A weekend hacker, Tom has just been drafted to fill out a foursome at the famous Pine Valley Golf Club in New Jersey. It's an incredible chance to play one of the world's great courses while scoring points with his boss. But when Tom single-handedly costs them Nassau, and visious of unemployment dance in... more » his head, help arrives in the form of a mysterious gentleman named Harry Brady.
Secretly hoping that young Tom's bumbling desperation--so hauntingly familiar--conceals the rare soul of a pure player, Harry meets Tom at dawn and leads him to a distant forest clearing. Suddenly, a soft fog lifts to reveal Mount Augustus--the Country Club of the Gods.
With Harry as his guide, Tom begins to play the most beautiful demanding course in the universe. Along the way, his virtue is tested by the capricious immortals who control every aspect of the game. He fights a battle royal with Rergus, the goat-riding God of Greenskeepers; matches wits with Divot, the God of Bad Lies; and falls in love with the beautiful Glenda, Goddess of Golf, who t4eaches him that there's much to be gained by straying from the safety of the fairways. But only Harry knows how much is riding on Tom's game...« less