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Fairways and Greens: A Novel
a story about family, golf, and playing shots you never see coming
Coming August 2025
Bio
Alongside more than 30 years of experience in tech sales and leadership, Rich Poggi built a wide-ranging freelance writing portfolio spanning network sports television, late-night comedy, stand-up, speechwriting, and new media.
A lifelong golfer, he resides in Westwood, New Jersey, with his wife, Maria, and their beloved Pitbull mix, Maya. He's also the proud father of two adult sons, Nicholas and Matthew. Today, Rich works as a business development and risk advisor.
Fairways and Greens: A Novel is his debut work of fiction.
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Contact: rich@richpoggi.com
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Once destined for PGA Tour stardom, Doug Parker's career was cut short by injury and his own self-destruction. He retreated to Windsor Hills, the New Jersey golf club where he grew up, and quietly rebuilt his life — teaching the game with discipline, purpose, and the wisdom passed down from his father.
Decades later, Doug is fighting to keep the prestigious, golf-only club alive in the rapidly changing world. But a phone call from his past delivers shocking news — forcing Doug to confront choices from a life he thought he'd left behind and face a future he never imagined.
In a game where hitting fairways and greens was always the plan, Doug finds himself facing a shot he's never had to play before. One that puts everything he's built — and believes — in the balance.
from the pages
“Fairways and greens” was his father’s no-nonsense way to say play the game the right way. Smart, clean, on the shortest route with the least trouble.
The game gets easier when you don’t invite chaos. No trees. No thick lies. No buried hopes. Hit the fairway, hit the green, two-putt — or at least give yourself a putt for par, another of his father’s staples — move on. It takes the guesswork out of things. Rewards smart thinking. Keeps emotions out of it and avoids penalties.
And while neither Doug nor his dad ever spelled it out, they hoped people picked up on it — that fairways and greens wasn’t just about golf. Like so much in the game, it echoed life: grounded in respect, shaped by mistakes, driven by steady improvement, and marked by the endless pursuit of better.
early praise
Rich Poggi brings readers a thought-provoking story that illustrates the connection between the game of golf and the game of life.
GREG DuCHARME
PGA Professional, Co-host SiriusXM "A New Breed of Golf" and "The Second Cut Podcast"