From time to time we all come across a good book we want to share. Sometimes we might even read a golf book. Don’t worry, I won’t be reviewing Fifty Shades of Green and advising golfers on how to tie up their partners with grip tape or a carnal use for Pro V1s. I will be looking at golf books, whether they are fun, instructional or just contain wonderful pictures.
I’ll begin a list of books I have read here. For more information click on the Book Review link in the Categories section on the right.
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In no particular order:
Tour Confidential: Triumph & Torment, A Golfer’s Life in the global Stage
Ewan Porter
This is a ride, not a journey. It is a nightmarish golf-themed roller coaster with highs and lows while loop the looping its way around the world at a furious pace. It is one man’s story of how tough, lonely, expensive and emotionally draining it can be to survive on the golf tours.
The World’s Greatest Golf Courses on Google Earth
Alex Narey (foreword by Ernie Els)
This is a unique look at some of the world’s most iconic golf courses. As its name suggests, it takes its perspective not from ground level, as is usually the case for most golfers, but from the air. It provides us with a wholly complete, birdie and eagle view of 30 of the world’s favourite courses.
The King of Clubs, The Great Golf Marathon of 1938
Jim Ducibella
This book brings alive the forgotten story of James Smith Ferebee and the greatest golfing marathon ever played out. The year is 1938 and Ferebee, widely regarded as the quickest golfer at Olympia Fields, makes a bet with his friend Fred Teurk.
Golf’s Sacred Journey: seven days at the links of Utopia
David L. Cook
The story is about a pro who, in a fit of haste and self loathing, happens on a small Texas hill country town. There he meets Johnny, an ex pro golf teacher turned rancher. At Johnny’s behest the pro lets Johnny ‘teach’ him for the next seven days, with the guarantee he will ‘find his game’.
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