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Miracle on the 17th Green: A Novel about Life, Love, Family, Miracles ... and Golf | 
 enlarge | Author: James Patterson
Creator: Peter De Jonge
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 42745
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0316693359
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316693356
ASIN: 0316693359
Publication Date: May 5, 1999
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Product Description
Travis McKinley is an ordinary man until, on Christmas day, he finds himself in the "zone"--playing golf like a pro. Later, at the PGA Senior Open, the TV audience watches as a miracle changes Travis and his family forever.
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 Not James Patterson's best August 28, 2008
I was disappointed with this book. I have read his books like Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and Sam's Letters to Jennifer before. And I thought this book would be of the same quality but it wasn't. I got thru the whole book but it didn't give me the feeling that I couldn't put it down.
 Five Stars August 12, 2008
James Patterson smashes it out of the park again. Whether you are a golfer or not, this story relates to all who feel like life is crashing in around us. James Patterson does a great job of taking us on a journey through this characters struggle with forced change and how he struggles to make life's changes, make sense.
Through each round of golf becomes another hurdle cleared and the fighting effort of a man who tries to make his life make sense. I think we can all relate with feeling like our work life and our personal lives are out of control, how we relate with getting back into the drivers seat and taking control of the wheel.
This is a wonderful story that keeps you turning each page until the end, the miracle. Not too cheesy and a quick read!
Golf, or not August 3, 2008
Even if you're not a golfer, I think you would enjoy this book and how it changed a life.
Great Service June 2, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was received very quickly and was in excellent shape. Everything about this transaction exceeded my expectations.
Another ho-hum sports novel May 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Novels and movies about sports tend to follow the same pattern. If the central figure is a boxer, he will overcome adversity and knock out the champ. In Grisham's football novel, a flailing quarterback wins the championship, albeit elsewhere. Braddock knocks out Baer. Etc. And in Patterson's golf novel, a scratch duffer--well, take a guess.
As for miracles, there isn't much of one, and what miracle there is makes little or no sense. Read it for yourself and ask the burning question--why? And why did a weekend golfer suddenly find his putter? There are just all sorts of whys here, and Patterson brushes right by them. He never gets much past superficial in plot, character or theme.
Part of my problem here is golf itself. Men in pastel attire demand absolute silence as they address a ball that is not moving and which no one will try to field once it is struck. There is a kind of religious hush around tee or green. In baseball there is jeering noise as the batter tries to hit a moving ball with the hope that nine fielders won't get to it until the batter at least reaches first base. Golf isn't really sport by a strict definition. Baseball is. Football is. Hockey is.
The only worthwhile golf novel I know of is "Dead Solid Perfect" by Dan Jenkins. In fact, Jenkins wrote the best football novel as well: "Semi Tough." Both these examples are more for fun than for the thrill of victory. When a writer tries to make sports the central and serious theme, we know how it will end.
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