Fairways to Heaven: One Shot at a Time...

After completion of his first book, Golf Is My Life: Glorifying God Through the Game, Jon Decker became senior editor for Golf Tips Magazine. He started a Christian golf feature for the magazine titled "Fairways to Heaven." His articles included scripture, a golf story as well as life experience to create a one-of-a-kind feature for a mainstream golf publication. The feature became very popular with the Golf Tips Magazine subscribers. The positive feedback from the readers inspired Jon to compile his articles, plus add new content, to create his second book, Fairways to Heaven: One Shot at a Time...

The book also includes a moving tribute to Jon's mentor, Phil Rodgers, with numerous testimonials to Phil from Jon's former coworkers. Included are PGA of America National Award winners: Carl Alexander, PGA National Horton Smith Award (2012), Eric Eshleman, PGA National Golf Professional of the Year (2019), Fred Griffin, PGA Finalist Teacher of the Year (2019) and Kevin Weeks, PGA National Teacher of the Year (2023).

It also includes tributes from former Grand Cypress Academy of Golf instructors and staff: Jason Bell, Joey Hidock, Lee Houtteman, Blake Holbrook, Gus Holbrook, Doug Lowen, Dr. Ralph Mann, Kevin McKinney, Todd Meena, Brenda Pfeifer, Adrian Stills, Harold Wyatt and Harry Zimmerman, Also contributing to the book: Former NBA Player and CBS Analyst Clark Kellogg, Former Golf Channel Studio Host Kraig Kann, Dr. Matt Mingione and Dr. Angelica Napolitano.