Favorite Golf Book...

[ipark1303]

"The 5 fundamentals of Modern Golf" by Ben Hogan
that's the Bible!!!!!!!!!

[BritBoy]

I just finished reading "Be The Ball Golf Instruction Book For The Mind" by Charlie Jones, & Kim Doren. I enjoyed it as much as "Golf is not a game of perfect".

[Hogan Fan]

Some of my favourites:

Please tell me more about final rounds, sounds good.

I finally finished "Two Years in St. Andrews" by George Peper - Best damn book I've ever read. I will read this another twenty times over the years. If you have a collection of golf books, this is a must have!

[Q.Q.Quillume]

One excellent book I didn't see mentioned in this thread (but maybe I just missed it) is Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story by John Feinstein. I thought it was superb.

[trashpar]

The U.S. Open: Golf's Ultimate Challenge by Robert Sommers
Jack Nicklaus: My Story
A Good Walk Spoiled

[Shindig]

I haven't read all that many (yet), but last summer, there was a time where I was missing the ball consistently by coming over the top - not topping the ball (which would have been preferable, as it would've moved the ball at the same cost), but literally missing over it.

I picked up a copy of Butch Harmon's The Four Cornerstones of Winning Golf back in July. I'll admit, I didn't pay much attention to the parts where he spoke about the mechanics of hitting shots, but rather I read the parts about him, about course management, and about fitness. At this point, I decided to start with the fitness (medicine ball every morning, rest of the stretches/exercises a few times a week scattered) and then get lessons (I don't figure I can learn the golf stroke out of a book. Same reason I ignore the physical lesson portions of Golf Digest )

The book got me excited about the game again, and next week while at the range, I witnessed the pro that I now work with give lessons to a variety of players. I scheduled a lesson and now can hit the ball (an important step to improvement).


Unrelated to content or experience, the last time that my mom went back to Korea she bought me a book that I think, based on the illustrations, is about how to play golf. Of course, it's in Korean, which I can't read (growing up in SoCal, I learned another language). But it's the thought that counts.


I'll be reading more as the opportunity presents itself.

[gloomis29]

A few I have enjoyed are:

A good walk spoiled - Feinstein
The Majors - Feinstein
Who's your Caddy - Reilly
Little Red Book - Harvey Penick
Payne Stewart - by Tracey Stewart
Golf is not a game of Perfect
The Inner game of golf

[Mr Eagle]

Just finnished " A four iron in my soul" by lawrence Donegan. A diary of a caddy for Scottish journeyman Ross Drummond.A supurb ,funny and uplifting read.

[Double Bogey]

Extraordinary Golf by Fred Shoemaker. I read this book and shot the round of my life at a very diffucult course. It is next to my bad as we speak.