What is the setting of Missing Links by Rick Reilly?

The setting of the novel is modern day Boston. More specifically, it is at a municipal golf course known affectionately as Ponky to the characters in the novel. Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Links and Deli is perhaps the worst golf course in America, as it is called in a major golf publication. To those that frequent the course, the Chops, it is unquestionably the worst golf course. It sits on top of a garbage landfill and is owned and operated by a man that does not care about its maintenance.