"Inspired by SI’s heritage of fantastically humorous storytelling"

For Immediate Release...this tale sounds oddly familiar!

AWARD-WINNING SPORTS ILLUSTRATED GOLF WRITERS ALAN SHIPNUCK AND MICHAEL BAMBERGER CO-AUTHOR “THE SWINGER”— A RAUCOUS TALE ABOUT GOLF ON AND OFF THE COURSE
 
NOVEL SET TO HIT BOOKSTORES JULY 12
 
New York, NY, June 14, 2011 – THE SWINGER, a high-spirited golf novel from award-winning Sports Illustrated senior writers Michael Bamberger and Alan Shipnuck will be released on July 12, 2011, this was announced today. The book is being published under the SI Books imprint by Simon & Schuster.
 
World rights and Audio were acquired by Jofie Ferrari-Adler for Simon & Schuster from literary agents Kris Dahl at International Creative Management (for Michael Bamberger) and David Black at the David Black Literary Agency (for Alan Shipnuck).
 
Inspired by SI’s heritage of fantastically humorous storytelling from writers such as Dan Jenkins (Semi-Tough) and George Plimpton (The Curious Case of Sidd Finch), Bamberger and Shipnuck’s novel takes readers between the ropes and the sheets of the PGA Tour to chronicle the epic rise, astonishing collapse, and uproarious road to redemption of the greatest golfer of our time, Herbert X. “Tree” Tremont.
 
Tremont is a multicultural golfing icon whose 53 Tour wins, 13 major victories, supermodel wife, and two adorable children have made him the richest and most famous athlete in the world. But when a reporter uncovers evidence of Tree’s extramarital affairs, his public and private lives collide, producing the juiciest scandal in sports history. The novel is told through the eyes of Josh Dutra (@TreeScribe), a veteran golf writer for the St. Petersburg Review-American who is hired to join Tree’s inner circle and help manage the crisis.
 
“Nobody knows the golf world better than Michael and Alan,” says Simon & Schuster senior editor Ferrari-Adler, “and in this novel they use that knowledge to hilarious effect. It’s a novel for our times that’s funny, mischievous, illuminating, and poignant—it’s about the quest for redemption. But it’s also completely outrageous. Nothing is sacred, including the wine cellar at Augusta National.”

Oh boy.