I was not sure if I was going to like this one. For one thing, I am not necessarily a huge fan of golf. Secondly, I haven't really liked any of the books that James Patterson has written with Peter de Jonge. This one proved to be a nice surprising exception.

Travis McKinley is at a point in his life where he is starting to look back and wish that he had made some different decisions. He is a moderately successful adman. He has three children and is happily married to and OBGYN. One Christmas day, he starts things off by deciding to go play a round of golf at the club he is part of in Winnetka, Illinois. He ends up playing what seems to be the round of his dreams, mastering putts he normally would have struggled with. He is so caught up in his success that he ends up missing Christmas dinner.

What is even more amazing is that this seems to be the start of a trend. Every time he plays a round, he seems to score a 69. After he is let go from his less-than-thrilling job and try to go out for the PGA Senior Tour. Travis' wife Sarah is not happy to hear the news and thinks he should grow up, which turns out to be a sign that she is not as happy in the relationship as he is. All of this does not prevent him from deciding to give his dreams a try.

In this feel-good novel, readers get a chance to see that sometimes dreams can come true, particularly when it comes down to being the person your really are. Travis gets a chance to compete against some of golf's greatest players including Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino and show them that even an underdog has a chance.

This is definitely a fairy tale story, but that is more than OK because sometimes we want to read a story where everything turns out all right and everyone lives happily ever after.