feinstein also chronicles the human dramas : the illnesses of fred couples 's father and future wife , john daly 's struggle with alcoholism , the death of stuart appleby 's wife in a freak automobile accident in london , the fulfillment of the amateur ken bakst 's dream of playing in the masters , the harassment of colin montgomerie by u.s. open fans , justin leonard 's understandable annoyance at peter kuchar 's on-course antics while caddying for his son matt .