Publisher, Hachette Audio (May 2007)

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It is the tournament that separates champions from mortals. It is the starting point for the careers of future legends and can be the final stop on the down escalator for fading stars. The annual PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament is one of the most grueling competitions in any sport. Every fall, veterans and talented hopefuls sweat through six rounds of hell at Q school, as the tournament is universally known, to get a shot at the PGA Tour, vying for the 30 slots available.

The grim reality: If you don't make it through Q school, you're not on the PGA tour. You're out. And those who make it to the six day finals are the lucky ones: hundreds more players fail to get through the equally grueling first two stages of the event. John Feinstein tells the story of the players who compete for these coveted positions in the 2005 Q school as only he can. With arresting accounts from the players, established winners, rising stars, the defeated, and the endlessly hopeful, America's favorite sportswriter unearths the inside story behind the PGA Tour's brutal all-or nothing competition.

About the Author: JOHN FEINSTEIN graduated from Duke University in 1977. He worked at the Washington Post for eleven years as both a political and sports reporter. He has also worked at Sports Illustrated and at the National Sports Daily. He is the author of a number of bestselling sports books, including A Season on the Brink, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Civil War, The Last Amateurs, and The Punch. Feinstein is currently a commentator for National Public Radio and Sporting News Radio and an essayist for CBS Sports; he writes columns for AOL and Golf Magazine, and contributes to the Washington Post. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and Shelter Island, New York, with his wife, son, and daughter.