For a kid living at the poverty level on Long Island, golf was not a very accessible sport.  In those days the game was baseball and the dream was playing second base for the New York Yankees.  When that dream died, Ron was off to college where he often skipped class to play some golf with friends.    

Over the years, he started playing more regularly and to this day he says he will die with a smile on his face thinking about the rounds at Pebble Beach with his dad and, later, his two boys.  Those experiences were later the inspiration for his essay  “You’re Away, Dad” which was published in “Chicken Soup for the Soul:  Golf Edition.”  

In 1985, he saw a notice in the locker room at Mount Vernon Country Club asking for volunteers to marshal at the Kemper Open at Avenel Country Club in Potomac, Maryland.  That began almost 25 years working inside the ropes at various PGA tournaments and his behind-the-scenes observations evolved into this memoir.    

After working for years on the national political scene, Ron formed a charity called “Alice’s Kids” which provides anonymous financial assistance to thousands of children across the country.  He remains its Executive Director and a portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to that charity.