An eighty-year-old mystery. A secret buried in plain sight. One man hired to dig it up.
Nelson is a former Fort Worth police detective turned college professor, content with his quiet routine of black coffee and early morning escapes from his wife's honey-do list. But when his eccentric golf instructor, Vern Onit, chases down his car in a coffeehouse parking lot with a wild proposition, Nelson's predictable life takes a sharp turn. Vern is convinced he holds the key to unlocking one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in sports: Ben Hogan's legendary secret, the one The Hawk himself said was hidden "in the dirt."
Hired to investigate a cold case no one has ever cracked, Nelson is pulled into a world where nothing is as it seems. Vern's teachings defy every modern golf method Nelson has heard of. The secret, Vern insists, lives on the dominant side of the body, a pure golf move the world simply cannot see. But as Nelson digs deeper, he begins to suspect that Vern's obsession with Hogan's secret is a doorway to something far greater, a revelation that reaches well beyond the fairways.
In Hidden in the Dirt: The Journey Begins, the mystery twists through sport, faith, and purpose. Vern warned Nelson he would remember that day for the rest of his life. He just never said why. Are you ready to move forward toward the target, or will you remain where you are?