The Back Nine by Billy Mott.Read about another book on the list.
Mott didn't start writing until age 36, but his long experience as a caddy pays off with this tough, mesmerizing, and cliché-free debut novel. A former golf phenom who stopped playing due to a freak accident slowly discovers -- 20 years later -- that he can somehow still swing a club competitively.
--Marshal Zeringue