Sweetspot: Confessions of a Golfaholic

by John O'Hern

Caddyshack meets Breaking Bad! Tom and Carol have the perfect good job, happy home, two wonderful kids. While Carol yearns for Tom to join in her search for new age spiritual bliss, Tom's boss insists he take up golf as a business networking tool. In a classic cautionary tale of a happy marriage gone adrift, follow our hero Tom as his obsession takes hold and steers him down a dark twisted road of substance; in this case the substance is golf! When Tom's new found golf lust and Carol's spirit world collide, magic happens. (Spoiler Alert!) Tom comes to believe he's channeling the spirit of the great one, Ben Hogan, and becomes hell bent on unlocking the secret of the "Hogan Swing." Dismayed, Carol seeks out other golf widows for advice but when she hears one woman exclaim, "My husband wouldn't have sex with me now unless I painted myself green and stuck a flag between my legs!" Carol puts her foot "It's either me or golf." What Tom does next turns their world upside down!

302 pages, Paperback

First published July 27, 2012

Reviews

[Gavin Waite · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast and hilarious read with plenty of all-too-relatable situations for any obsessed golfer.

[Gary Garth McCann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweetspot offers a darkly humorous but also tragically real look at what addiction--in this case to golf--can do to a person. Many hilarious moments made it a fun read for me. The author's imagination is impressive, as golf takes over his characters' lives.