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I see there are dozens of books out there from 2011. Hardly surprising given the year that's been and the cult of celebrity that has descended on golfers globally.

If you have recommendations, please add them - but in terms of a premium book (focusing on Ireland not surprisingly), check out Ireland's 18 Greatest Holes , by Andrew Ross and Craig Morrison. It would certainly make for a great round of golf.

http://www.18greatestgolf.com

There's also a book on Scotland's 18 greatest holes.

It's not something you can get on Amazon either.

There's a review/description of the book on my blog .


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I just read 'The Caddy Chronicles' by J.J. McClure. It was a great book about a guy who leaves the corporate world and the real world when he gets divorced and goes to St.Andrews to caddy. It's about his struggle to be accepted by the old guard of caddies and his struggle to be a competent caddy...had undertones of Four iron in the Soul in that respect. Very funny stories and situations and the characters are fantastic.

I bought it from lulu.com, but it's also available on amazon...


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