أهكذا يُدعى الوطن: مغامرات مالك ملعب غولف بالصدفة

Tom Quinn, the globe-trotting golf writer, is getting ready to settle down. For someone as passionate as him, this means fulfilling every golfer's dream – or nightmare? - And buy his own golf course. And for some reason, it also includes Bill Murray and Jason Kelce. Tom Quinn, the New York Times bestselling author of A Course Called America and numerous masterpieces of contemporary golf literature, has spent his career traveling the world and playing golf on legendary courses from St. Andrews to Shinnecock. One day, at the urging of a course manager hoping to save his local nine-hole course from closing just over a hundred years ago, Quinn visits the Sullivan County Golf and Country Club in upstate New York. When he arrived, the field was covered in ice and snow; What he saw from the club building was on the verge of collapse. By the time he left, all he saw was his next adventure: discovering how vastly different owning a golf course was from playing on it. A Playground Called Home is Quinn's most personal and profound book to date: an honest, often humorous account of rebuilding, resilience, and finding purpose in unexpected places. It's a story about sticking to the ground—literally and figuratively—as Quinn trades tee times on golf courses for hours mowing lawns, learning how to shape fairways, water greens, and revive a course rich in history but fading from memory. The Sullivan golf community Quinn joins is different from the idealized, groomed version of the game you see on TV, played by millionaires in matching polo shirts. The stadium is managed by a close-knit team of groundskeepers who work long hours – not for status, but for pride. Frequented by cash-and-casual patrons, it welcomes visitors and newcomers who quickly become part of the group. Sullivan's team becomes like a family, united in their love of this humble and enduring place. However, decades of declining tourism and economic stagnation have left the club struggling to survive, and the fight for its future will require an unprecedented collective effort. Quinn rallies golf fans to advance this course that exemplifies how the sport can bring generations together.