Quiet Please

Seduced by the glamour of sport's most compelling contest and obsessed with the desire to take part, Lawrence Donegan fails in his quest to become Sergio Garcia's bagman. Undeterred he does the next best thing - slipping on a steward's bib and wielding a 'Quiet Please' sign. This is the fan's-eye view from the back of the tee.

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It is sport's greatest event. The Ryder Cup - Europe versus the USA, three days of golfing brilliance at the Belfry featuring the best players in the world and the loudest, most partisan fans this side of an Old Firm derby. Lawrence Donegan - author, musician, European PGA Tour caddy (retired) - is determined play his patriotic part. Too mean to buy a ticket, and cruelly denied a place on the European team by a selection process emphasising the ability to play golf, Donegan tries - and fails - to become Lee Westwood's bagman at the Belfry. Then he lands the perfect job - Ryder Cup marshal. Free clothes, free food, his very own 'Quiet Please' paddle ...and look at that uninterrupted view! This is a Ryder Cup story with a twist, a golf fanatic's story from the back of the tee by Lawrence Donegan, author of the bestselling Four-iron in the Soul.