The Big Tour

by Robert Upton

Book Overview

The Big Tour is an authentic, behind-the-ropes tale of a young golfer's arduous quest to become, and succeed, as a professional golfer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504023706
• ISBN13: 9781504023702
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Golf Noir

Golf novels usually fall into two categories, either sharp-tongued humor fests featuring wacky characters and wackier situations, or smalzy, mystical quests seeking to provide salvation through golf. Fortunately, The Big Tour is something different - the first gol noir novel, a cocaine fueled lightening jag into the heart of one man's darkness. By never letting his characters take the easy way out, and by forcing them to experience the consequences of their actions, author Upton's writing drags us over a crude eighteen hole course in a foursome with Jim Thompson, David Geddis, and James M. Cain. Don't expect sportsmanship and Rockyesque endings here, but hold on for a wild ride through the rough where you bet with you life and and every club shaft in your bag is a serpent in disguise

couldn't put it down

Unlike so many books with golf themes, this one doesn't get bogged down in mystical bunk about finding the golfer within or caddies with supernatural powers. It's a gripping (sorry, no golf pun intended), straight-ahead story about a kid from Long Island who makes it to the big time, with a lot of serious obstacles thrown in his way. Funny, full of drama, and -- I'll bet -- very close to the way things really operate on Tour. If you need a gift for the "real" golfer on your list, this is the one!

A ripping yarn

I've read every book Robert Upton has written, and loved them all. But this is easily his best! It's been a while since I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning because I couldn't put a book down. The Big Tour kept me up until 3:00 AM. If you don't like golf, you'll like the characters, the story, the writing and the humor. If you do like golf, you'll love the perfectly accurate "behind the scenes" look at life on the professional circuit. This book would make a much better movie than Bagger Vance or Tin Cup.

The Big Tour

Anyone who loves golf will love this book. Anyone who loves a page turner will love this book. It is a perfect winter read!