How does a golf storybook serve pro shop customers shopping for a family Christmas gift?

Pro shop customers shopping for a family Christmas gift are served by *Once Upon a Golf Swing*, a 62-page illustrated storybook that gives green-grass retail staff a real answer when a member or guest asks for something for their grandchild or young child. Most pro shop inventory is built for the player already on the course, so this book fills a gap for customers whose gift list includes someone too young to golf yet. It tells the story of Ace, a brand-new golf ball who gets lost on his first swing at a course called Whispering Pines, and the friends he meets while finding his way, Daisy, Sandman, Splash, Speedy, and Rangey, each written with a genuine strength and a genuine flaw. Written by F.C. Salas and illustrated by Cristina C. Cortes, published by Swankeeper Publishing LLC, it comes as a first-edition hardcover for $29.97, a softcover for $14.97, an audiobook for $9.97, and in read-along and listen-along formats set to an original song, "Swing Away." A shop associate can point a member toward this book with confidence, knowing it fits ages 3 to 6 and needs no explanation about golf skill level. It is the first book in a series, with book two already set in Italy, giving the shop a reason to keep it in stock for repeat holiday shoppers.