This book was about a group of friends that play golf and gamble all day at the
worst golf course in America (they call it Ponky). One day one of them proposes a bet
to see who could be the first one to play in the Mayflower, the golf course next door.
This wasn't easy because the Mayflower is one of the best courses in America. So
Two Down, Dannie and Raymond each put in $1,000 to see who could play the course
first. What everybody doesn't know is that Raymond's father belongs to the club. But
Raymond hasn't spoken with him for years after he tortured his other son, who
eventually committed suicide. Raymond wasn't going to call his father until it became
absolutely necessary. All three had many good ideas, but they all failed. Finally, all
three of them landed tee times on the final day of the bet, but not before they raised the
stakes another $1,000 each. Raymond was forced to call and play with his father, but
he did win the bet. Things weren't the same between the friends after the bet and
Raymond didn't like it either. Then Two Down got into some gambling trouble. Two
Down made a crazy bet with a man who he was down to, to play 18 holes, nine at the
Mayflower and nine at Ponky. Both men had one partner, Two Down chose Ray and
the man he was down to (Concorde) chose Ray's father. Two Down had to give up his
house if he lost and Ray would bet his Jack Nicklaus driver that Jack himself used to
defeat Arnold Palmer at the 1962 US Open, which had a face value of about $35,000.
I enjoyed this book very much. This is the best book that I have read in a long
time. I think that one of the reasons I liked it was because it was so funny. The first
thing I found funny was the terminology they used while they played at Ponky. For
example, when someone had a bad round they referred to it as "putting up a radio
station," to emphas...