TIME FOR ANOTHER MASTERS SCANDAL?
Luckily, this one is fictional in new golf mystery from James Y. Bartlett

1994: Gary McCord of CBS uses the words “bikini wax” to describe the super-smooth conditions of the putting greens. Tom Watson offended. McCord banished from the grounds forever.

2003: Martha Burk decides Augusta National needs a woman member. New York Times wholeheartedly agrees. Jackson Stephens and the rest of the world don’t. Boycott fails, but fans get to watch commercial-free telecast.

2007: Body discovered in bunker on 10th hole three weeks before tournament. Golf writer Pete Hacker investigates. Augusta chairman implicated. Colombian drug cartel hit man lurking in the azaleas is spotted in Augusta, attempts to shoot local policeman. Attempt also made on golf writer’s life and his girlfriend is kidnapped. Back nine on Sunday begins with Tiger in the lead…

They say the truth is stranger than fiction, but noted golf writer James Y. Bartlett’s newest Hacker golf mystery, DEATH IN A GREEN JACKET, is more exciting than the back nine on Sunday at the Masters. And that’s saying something!

Yeoman House has announced the publication of Bartlett’s new book, set to be released nationwide on April 15. By then, this year’s Masters will have been decided, with all the attendant tradition, color and spectacle. But readers will have to buy Bartlett’s book to find out what happens in this new Hacker adventure.

Bartlett’s deep knowledge of Masters history and lore shows up in this page-turning tale of skullduggery and deceit, as he works in characters both real and imagined. From club founders Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts to modern-day heroes Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, Bartlett weaves a story that brings readers inside the ropes at the most famous golf tournament in the world.

With the publication of DEATH IN A GREEN JACKET, Yeoman House’s Hacker golf series is now a perfect foursome. Other titles in the popular lineup include DEATH IS A TWO-STROKE PENALTY, DEATH FROM THE LADIES TEE, and DEATH AT THE MEMBER-GUEST. The author has said that this new book will begin what he calls the “Major” series, with settings at each of the four major tournaments of the golfing year. Next up: DEATH FROM THE CLARET JUG, to be set at the British Open Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland, with publication anticipated in the summer of 2008.

James Y. Bartlett is one of the most published golf writers of his generation. In addition to his Hacker series and other books, Bartlett has worked as an editor for several golf and lifestyle magazines, and has written for dozens of national publications over his twenty-year career. He was the longtime golf columnist for Forbes FYI magazine, and continues to pen a monthly golf column for Hemispheres, the in-flight magazine of United Air Lines. He currently lives in Rhode Island.

DEATH IN A GREEN JACKET
A Hacker Mystery
By James Y. Bartlett
Yeoman House
Trade Softcover | 264 pgs | $14.99
ISBN-13: 978-0-9754676-6-4

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