 Golf pro MACK JESSUP is a great golfer, whose game has gone bad. So bad, he self-destructs and plays the worst round in PGA history (his game gone completely south after his beloved mother dies.) And when Mack accidentally hits the Commissioner s wife in the eye with a golf ball, he s kicked off the tour. Upon returning home to North Carolina, he finds a depleted local course (Mountain Pines)-the place where he once learned the game. While Mack tries to regain his touch for the game he loves, he coincidently reunites with his high school sweet heart, ROBIN LANTIS. Robin supervises a group of six foster children and convinces Mack into giving them golf lessons. Learning Russian would be easier! These kids are too old for adoption, too wild to tame, but too young to give up on. In the process of teaching his Mulligans unconventional techniques, Mack comes to understand the emotional hardships each child endures. His role as coach changes into one of parental mentor. And during the experience, he reconnects with Robin. The children grow to trust Mack, but Robin still cannot. Robin s attached herself to a local developer, BARLOW CARRINGTON, who has plans to convert Mountain Pines to a retirement community. Mack s love for the golf course and Robin triggers a bet that pits his Mulligans against Barlow s country club team, the winner claiming title to the course and the rights to Robin s affections.