| From Publishers Weekly The premise is simple and not unfamiliar: a writer attends the PGA's qualifying tournament， or Q. School， and latches on to one of the winners， whom he then follows around for a season on the tour. The resulting chronicle would have been a disaster had the player， like so many Q. School graduates， not made the cut on the tour; D'Antonio lucked out in finding Esteban Toledo， a self-taught Mexican grinder who just wants to earn enough to keep his Tour card for another year and for whom a Tour victory would represent not fame and fortune but the final step away from his dirt-poor origins in Mexicali， where his family "never had money for [Christmas] presents or a tree， or a feast." Although D'Antonio's recounting of round after round of golf grows a bit tiresome， you can't help but pull for Toledo. He overestimates his own mistakes. He practices with singular will. He has to learn to trust his well-meaning caddy. And he frequently doubts his own self-worth， especially when confronted by the racism that clearly pervades Tour events--on several occasions， Toledo is denied access to player areas because he's Mexican. On top of Toledo's quest， readers also get a fascinating look at the PGA not shown on TV， plus dozens of interesting tidbits and anecdotes from golf history. Overall， D'Antonio comes in at one under. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information， Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Golf has always been a game in which impossible dreams could be achieved. But is that still true， in an era when champions are groomed from infancy? Determined to find out， D'Antonio went looking for a long shot to follow. He found one in self-taught Mexican Esteban Toledo， and this account follows Toledo's first year on the PGA Tour. Of all the "year in the life" golf books that have appeared in the wake of John Feinstein's best-selling A Good Walk Spoiled (1995)， this one is the least derivative and most satisfying. Toledo's story is a human-interest bonanza--dirt-poor childhood in Mexico， former boxer， caddy turned champion--and D'Antonio lets the facts speak for themselves， never piling on the pathos. Best of all， golf fans will see a side of the tour here they have rarely seen before--the nameless grinders who must struggle to win enough money to keep their tour cards for another year. Toledo's triumph makes a genuinely inspiring sports story. Bill Ott --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all Editorial Reviews |
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