10 Golf Books for the Avid Reader this Christmas
For those whose Christmas gift request lists are dominated by golf books, here’s 10 recommendations to educate and entertain.
Book Review: “Tiger, Tiger” by James Patterson
James Patterson deals mostly in fiction, of course, but the author of 114 New York Times bestsellers also has a growing number of biographies to his name. His diverse range of subjects includes an Egyptian child king (Tutankhamun); valiant ER nurses, combat veterans, and members of the police force; notorious newsmakers like Jeffrey Epstein, Aaron […]
12 Things You Might Not Have Known About Augusta National
In 1986, Charles Price wrote a history of Bobby Jones, The Masters, and Augusta National Golf Club titled A Golf Story, which he noted in the afterword was not the “official” story of any of them, but rather an “authorized” version. The founding editor of Golf Magazine and later a contributing editor at Golf Digest, […]
12 Great Golf Reads This Christmas
From absorbing and educational to sentimental and hilarious, here’s a dozen great golf books for Christmas and beyond. Two Ruddy Ducks and a Partridge on a Par Three Clive Agran This 160-page paperback might be an inexpensive stocking filler, but it could turn out to be the highlight of your Christmas. Agran has a very […]
Book Review: “Golf Architecture for Normal People” by Geoff Shackelford
Geoff Shackelford’s 10th golf book (he also wrote a tribute to champion racehorse Zenyatta in 2011) probably won’t sell enough copies. That’s not to say it won’t sell plenty; it will—the author’s words are indisputably authoritative and invariably entertaining. It just won’t sell enough. Not all 70 million golfers worldwide will buy a copy, though […]
10 Best Golf Books Written in 2022
Many of the golf courses built in the last 15 years have been so good, a lot of commentators regard this current period of creativity as golf course architecture’s second Golden Age. I can’t be the only one that has noticed that as the courses have gotten better so, apparently, has the writing. History gave […]
15 Great Golf Books of the 21st Century
When I was assigned the task of listing “15 Important Golf Books of the 21st Century,” I could have simply reproduced the roster of winners of the USGA’s Herbert Warren Wind Award or identified some of Amazon’s bestsellers. But while all of them were no doubt worthy, I felt there were a number of books […]
