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Title: (Not) the Greatest Book that ever was
Review: Fans (like me) of J. Michael Veron's 1st golf fantasy/mystery, "The Greatest Player Who Never Lived" surely have been anxiously looking forward to the release of Veron's follow-up, "The Greatest Course That Never Was." This second book is okay but not nearly up to the standards of the 1st book. The premise is just so far-fetched; as my friends asked me, "How can there be a great golf course that exists but no one knows about?" Veron's solution to this is puzzle is fairly absurd. I won't spoil it here. Yes, it is fun reading -- IF you are a total golf fanatic, and enjoy things like hearing a recapitulation of every shot the protagonist played in an 18-hole round. As the book prgresses, the plot gets more and more ridiculous and the coincidences more outlandish. It is always a fine line asking the reader to suspend belief and indulge in fantasy; Veron pulled it off with the "greatest player" book but did not with the "greatest course."
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