Golf Indstuctional books

Hi All,

What is the best instructional golf book for beginners/intermediate players that you have read or can recommend.

The only book I have is How I play golf by Tiger Woods.

Thanks

Clarky

Hi Clarky.

There are a lot of threads already on the forum with book suggestions. If you click in "Search Forums, Articles, Reviews, Blog Posts and more!" above and type "books" all the threads will be displayed. If you then sort by 'relevance' it'll give you all the most important threads first.

Just thought that would give you far more info than one single thread.

Hard to go wrong with Ben Hogan's Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals.

Yep. Pretty close to one of my previous actual answers to this question. All great books for varying reasons. Think I also had:

Harvey Penick's Little Red Book

The Art of The Short Game by Stan Utley

I have read many books of 'tips'. Few have had a lasting influence on my understanding, acceptance and proper performance of the 'true' golf swing. But within the last 2 years i have read, and studied many times, an old book by a master golf teacher and player, Mr. Percy Boomer. The book is from about 1950 (reprinted often)  and he played with the last of the old greats who used a very different technique due mostly to different ball construction. So  Percy does write in an more personal style, uses few 'tips'  but centers his game and your learning on the whole body swing. The pivot and turn, the use of the fully stretched arms, the wide arc, the correct wrist cocking, and the one swing for all the clubs are all his teaching direction. I am no longer interested in new books as his is entirely sufficient and once i physically gain swing control and consistency, all will be good for me. Every generation will have new learners and new authors but who will surpass Hogan, Nicklaus and Boomer?  Look up Percy Boomer ' On Learning Golf' at ABE BOOKS.

To get away from the swing thing for a moment, and more about the mental approach to the game and to practice, I'd recommend Dr. Bob Rotella's "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect," as an essential top-3 read.

It complements the notion that the most important 6 inches on the golf course are the 6 inches between one's ears — what goes on in that brainspace affects so many outcomes down the road.