Golf Books #248 (The Wichita Kid: A Caddie’s Story)

2015 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree The Wichita Kid is a coming-of-age novel about golf, friendship, and family. It centers on a fatherless 12 year-old boy named Kevin, who has just moved from Kansas to the “big city” of Cleveland, Ohio, and who suffers from anxieties that he struggles to control.

To help support his mother and himself, Kevin finds a job as a caddie at a local country club. The program is led by an old, stern caddie master, but the older teenage caddies run the show. Kevin, as one of the youngest and smallest caddies, is forced to adapt to the new and often chaotic environment of the caddie yard and the golf course.

This story is both humorous and touching as it involves the struggles that many of us have faced as we march into adulthood.

Publication date: February 6, 2018 (source)

About the Author – Rob Fisher was born and raised in Fairview Park, OH, a suburb of Cleveland. He lives in Arlington, VA, with his wife, Laura, and their three children. Rob has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a graduate degree from the University of Michigan. This is his first novel.