CUT SHOT (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001; revised for Kindle 2010)
Even though Jack Austin has not won a single tournament in his ten years on the PGA Tour, life is good. He’s engaged to Lisa 
Trembley, a beautiful CBS golf analyst, he’s making a good living, and he still believes in what the game stands for: honesty and integrity. Like a snap hook out of nowhere, however, Jack’s world comes crashing down around him.
At a tournament in Arizona, rookie and two-time winner Hutch Gainer reveals to Jack that a Mafia-run Gambling ring has invaded the Tour & and Hutch is in the middle of it. The reverse of a point-shaving scheme, Hutch is being mysteriously blackmailed into playing poorly and adding strokes to his scores. Worse yet, the person being cheated is Hutch’s sponsor, a ruthless New Orleans Mafia member who had helped the young pro early in his career.
Angry at first, Jack refuses to help the player. But after Lisa gets wind of the story and goes looking for answers, Jack is forced to get involved in an attempt to prevent a scandal. When Hutch’s sponsor turns up dead, and the rookie is arrested for murder, Jack enters the underworld in order to solve the crime, protect Lisa, and save the game he loves.
In the tradition and writing style of Raymond Chandler, John R. Corrigan’s Cut Shot is a 1940′s thriller set in present day. Put another way, it’s “Phillip Marlowe Meets The PGA Tour.”
And that’s all you need to know.
