Shortly after his daddy’s death, while Ben eats his dinner at the kitchen table, a familiar voice implores him. For much of his life, daddy ranked golf higher than Ben, disappointing his son as a bent putter disappoints its golfer. Ben is sick of golf. When he wasn’t doing one, he was doing the other. Bogey Putter loved two things: BBQ and golf. In 1972 south Alabama, eleven-year-old Benjamin Putter’s father died one month ago, from lung cancer. (And just maybe it will make that lump go away.) As he makes his way to Augusta, Ben partners up with a mysterious runaway named Noni, and they embark on a journey with surprises-and possibly magic-at every turn.” “Ben might be going loony, but escaping Hilltop, Alabama, sounds like a darn good idea. “Then one day something starts tugging at Ben, telling him to hurry to Augusta, Georgia-home of the most famous golf course in the world. But everything’s been topsy-turvy since his father died last month. Has a lump in his throat, and he is certain it’s a golf ball.
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