69.67.72.74. The last 4 rounds at Cog Hill, just outside Chicago. Mike Proko must have pissed off the golf gods because in two days, he would be paralyzed from not one but two strokes costing him his not only his golf game but his golfing prowess. Would he be able to climb as high as he had in the past? Actually, he would climb higher for what he found inside of himself.This is the second book in the 'RISING FROM THE ASHES' series. Some of the stories are old, some are new, but each one of them played a vital part in recovery from a series of devastating strokes. Hundreds of stories from hundreds of golfers, but these were the picks that were able to make the final cut. Beautiful stories about some amazing people and their impact on the author. An interesting tale about the lengths that one man would go to reclaim what was rightfully his-- a genuine love for a timeless game.

Born & raised just outside Chicago, Mike Proko grew up in an atmosphere that would make a seasoned writer jealous. What a list of characters Priests. Politicians. Mobsters. Union bosses. Actors. Poets. Drunks. The high-lifes and the low-lifes. Strangers that would give you the shirt off their backs. Relatives that would take your last nickel. He would learn at a very young age that the people that you were supposed to look up to were the very ones that you should look out for and that the bad guys were sometimes the good guys. Included is a collection of stories and short-stories by MLProko (Rising from The Ashes, Vol.1 &2, Some Things My Grandparents Taught Me). Stories ranging from a love story to a political thriller; from a soldier who kills for an underworld boss to a sardonic look to a town that time seems to have forgotten;from a story about the love between a father and his daughter to a golfer who seems to have put his dreams on hold. Proko's attention to character detail is precious and each story will have the feeling of a small movie.