Walking with Jack

by SNYDER, DON J.

• ISBN13: 9780385536356
• ISBN10: 0385536356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-14
• Publisher: Doubleday

Summary

A father's poignant diary of his journey to the hallowed golf courses of St. Andrews, Scotland, to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional caddy for his son, Jack, when he graduates college and attempts to qualify for the PGA Tour Don Snyder and his five-year-old son, Jack, had promised each other that someday Jack would play on the pro golf tour . . . and Don would walk beside him as his caddy. Years later, at fifty-seven, Don left the comfort of his Maine home to learn how to caddy from the people who invented the game. In Scotland he studied the famed courses, fought his way onto the rotation as a full-time caddy, and recorded the fascinating stories of golfers from every station in life-living monk-like each day. Jack endured his own arduous journey, perfecting his college game until the triumphant day he and Don drove south to compete in one of the PGA's toughest qualifying tours. Walking with Jackis a poignant, raw, and triumphant memoir.