Bad Lies

An African-American golfer and a washed-up St. Paul Saints's pitcher, caught in a dangerous post-World War II mix of racial tension, anxious social change, and anti-Communist paranoia, struggle to find a common ground of trust as they mount a challenge to segregation in professional golf. It's the late 1940s, and the Professional Golf Association's "e;Caucasian only"e; rule is in force for almost every major tournament. Flash Dawkins knows he's good enough to win as a pro golfer, but his attempt to qualify for the St. Paul Open makes him a marked man with a growing list of enemies ready to short-circuit his dreams of becoming golf's Jackie Robinson.