The Caddie Who Played With Hickory
April 29th, 2008My new novel, “The Caddie Who Played With Hickory” has just been published. Walter Hagen, Chick Evans, hickory clubs, and Chicago’s Midlothian Country Club are all featured in this story of championship golf and a love story. The novel is set in the summer of 1946, just after WWII, and a young caddie has the chance to move from the caddie yard to the clubhouse—but only if he can beat the legendary Walter Hagen, using classic wood-shafted clubs. He’s got no chance, or so it seems.
May 24th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Just finished your Hickory book and really enjoyed it. It will move up to the top of my bookshelf in my golf libary. I suppose being an avid golfer and former caddy (and an Evans Scholar), I am your target audience, but the book has a nice way of layering golf and golf as a metaphor for life and a novel with interesting stories all together to make it enjoyable for most anyone to read (except maybe people who hate golf). Congrats on a great book and I hope you have great success with it. If you ever get out to Seattle to promote the book, would be happy to have you for some golf at my club.
June 16th, 2008 at 7:32 am
i just wanted to say that even though the closest i have ever gotten to a golf course was a driving range, i have thoroughly enjoyed your books. while i might not go out and start playing, i can’t wait for your next caddie book.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Having been a caddy in the ’60s and a life-long student of the game, I enjoyed “Caddy… Hickory” very much. While Hagen may not have been the perfect role model, he did broaden participation in the great game (as you point out), but I think your protagonist’s crack about him “just playing golf with the Duke of Windsor” was not really necessary. It’s my understanding that Hagen played a good number of exhibitions benefiting the war efforts during both World Wars. If you wouldn’t mind giving me an e-mail or post office address, I’d like to ask a couple of questions about writing, and writing about golf in particular. I look forward to reading your other books.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Your books are top o the line!
Keep them coming and I will keep reading them!