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Summary: Fun and entertaining!
Review: 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.
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Summary: The Green
Review: Attention all golf fanatics! If you have not read Troon Mcallisters The Green, you are surely missing out on a real golfing treat. When you pick up this book you will be pulled into the world of golf and the troubles associated with the Ryder Cup. Enter Eddie Camineti, a golf hustler with the most consistent game ever. However, can this nobody help the U.S keep the cup? After reading this amazing novel, I remembered a lot from the story. The most prominent memory was when Eddie hit a wonderful shot out of a pot bunker... with a ball retriever! Anyway, The Green is an astonishing read and is essential for golfers to read. Thus, if your looking for a fun book associated with golf, pick up The Green. Please note that content and language in this book may be challenging and/or not suitable for young children under the age of 12.
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Summary: THe greatest golf book ever written.
Review: The Green is easily the finest golf novel ever written (or at least that I have read). I have read this book at least a dozen times. While it may not be the most realistic of books it is very entertaining and the characters are so likable or for that matter dislikable. Troon McAllister is a great writer who is able to progress with his enrapturing story in most unique and least expected of ways.
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Summary: Fun book to read
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. What a cast of characters. If you play golf this is a must read. If you don't play gold this is a must read. Very entertaining. I laughed outloud many times. Most of the "bets" Eddie makes are hysterical. I may even try a few of them on some of my friends one of these days. I also enjoyed the way Eddie goes about actually playing the game of golf. I'd love to know that I could hit it 250 yards straight every single time. I can hit the ball 250 but maybe not straight, I can even hit the ball straight, but maybe not 250 yards. He pulls off the greatest average play of all time.
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Summary: A great read for frustrated golf professional wannabe's
Review: 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.
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Summary: Golf at it's greatest
Review: The Green by Troon McAllister is about a prestigious golf tournament that has been in our history for over 100 years. The Ryder cup is a golf tournament pitting the United States against Europe in a head to head match play format. Alan Bellamy, having won the British open and being the best golfer in America, was chosen to be the captain for the United States team. The first ten of twelve players on the team are the top point leaders on the PGA tour. Alan was free to choose his last two players. The European team was supposed to be so good this year that none of the rest of the top pros wanted to be part of the humiliation of losing. He chose a South Floridian, municipal course hustler as his twelfth man. This hustler's name was Eddie Camineti. Eddie was no ordinary golfer because he had a special gift of scoping out the weaknesses of his opponents and using them to his advantage. He hated publicity because he thought the people he played would notice him and he would lose business. The story goes on as Eddie and Alan head the United States Ryder cup team against the brutal Europeans. I would recommend this book to die hard golf fans because Troon Mcallister really gets into the different aspects of the game that would bore or even confuse the non-golfer. He also talks a lot about swing mechanics and how to read a green. I might also recommend this book to people who like to read about hustlers. Eddie is a true hustler that shows how the business of hustling is done throughout the book.
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Summary: This novel goes to the head of the class about golf lore....
Review: I had thought Dan Jenkin's book, Dead Solid Perfect, was probably the most realistic and believeable novel about the professional game. That was until I read Troon McAllister's book,The Green. Even non-golfers would probably enjoy it as it is about more than golf. Great characters in believeable situations all handled superbly by the author. Eddie Caminetti is much more than a golf hustler with the game of a tour veteran. He has a mind like a steel trap and the nerves of a tight rope walker. How he becomes a Captain's pick for the US Ryder Cup team and how he handles the assignment are a treat. There is much to learn from this immensely entertaining book...about golf...it's rules...human nature and life itself. You will not want to put this book down. It is that good!!
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Summary: An excellent pick for any team
Review: Troon McAllister rocks! Okay, so you need to suspend your grip on reality to flow with a plot that sees a nobody picked for the Ryder Cup team, but it's worth the effort. Eddie Caminetti is a perfect nobody for the Ryder Cup and the Ryder Cup is the perfect setting for Eddie to unleash his talent for golf and off-beat psychology on an unsuspecting golf audience. This book is all about Caminetti. It's also all about golf, hustling, and human nature. Along the way there's ample suspense and more humor than has any right to be in it's 300 pages. Most golf novels (and most sports novels for that matter) follow a familiar plot but this book takes us to new, and very original, ground. Truly funny and the first real competitor to "Missing Links" by Rick Reilly, this is a gripping read. You just never know what's around the corner . . . but you know it's going to be hilarious.
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Summary: Golf Hustler Meets Ryder Cup
Review: One touring pro said about another player who wouldn't play golf for money because of his religion, "Get yourself another god." To those of us who believe in the God who made golfers and golf courses possible, this is offensive. However, we understand the point behind playing under real pressure. Here, McAllister capitalizes on this connection between the sport of honor and playing for bucks. The reader will indentify many of the characters with living touring pros today. It's a great read. Many find the "locker room dialogue" one of its attractions, but for those who would rather have golfers of honor and character choose to speak with more intelligent words to express their emotions, this feature of this outstanding piece of golf fiction takes away somewhat its attractiveness. Still, a good read on a creative piece of writing.
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Summary: Nothing less than Perfection
Review: I am not much of a reader but I read this book in three days. The story takes you into a world you have only scratched the surface of. Troon has done something special. His characters still stay in my head. Great read worth every minute.
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