Michael Bamberger was born in Patchogue, New York, in 1960. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first for The Vineyard Gazette, later for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated, he is now a senior writer at Golf.com. His books include To the Linksland, Men in Green, The Ball in the Air, and The Playing Lesson. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Christine.

“The most charming thing about this elegant and understated memoir is the audacity of then-young Michael Bamberger, who, in 1991, ditched his post as a sportswriter in Philadelphia to become a “professional amateur” caddie on the European Tour. . . . ‘We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,’ Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.”—Gene Wojciechowski, Wall Street Journal

Michael Bamberger was born in Patchogue, New York, in 1960. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first for The Vineyard Gazette, later for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated, he is now a senior writer at Golf.com. His books include To the Linksland, Men in Green, The Ball in the Air, and The Playing Lesson. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Christine.

“The most charming thing about this elegant and understated memoir is the audacity of then-young Michael Bamberger, who, in 1991, ditched his post as a sportswriter in Philadelphia to become a “professional amateur” caddie on the European Tour. . . . ‘We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,’ Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.”—Gene Wojciechowski, Wall Street Journal

Michael Bamberger was born in Patchogue, New York, in 1960. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, he worked as a newspaper reporter, first for The Vineyard Gazette, later for The Philadelphia Inquirer. After twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated, he is now a senior writer at Golf.com. His books include To the Linksland, Men in Green, The Ball in the Air, and The Playing Lesson. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Christine.

“The most charming thing about this elegant and understated memoir is the audacity of then-young Michael Bamberger, who, in 1991, ditched his post as a sportswriter in Philadelphia to become a “professional amateur” caddie on the European Tour. . . . ‘We wanted adventure . . . to open our lives to surprise,’ Mr. Bamberger recalls in this intoxicating tale of players and caddies, characters and courses.”—Gene Wojciechowski, Wall Street Journal