Good Golf Books

[fastfed]

I am looking for something to kill some time before bed, instead of the TV.

Any good golf books, self help one's not stories :)

Thanks

[silliwilli]

Think Seve just released a book, and Faldos is a good read for fans of his

"Golf is not a game of perfect" is excellent as well, surely a must own!

[iacas]

I believe we just had a thread like this. I'm going to merge this thread with that one.

[azgreg]

Hello. I enjoy a good read and I'm looking for a new one to read while at work and bored at school.

I suggest "Chicken Soup for the Golfers Soul" vol 1 or 2.

[fastfed]

So I got the book " Golf a game of not perfect " or whatever it was called, read about 80 pages and shot the best I did on a local course..

Its really a great book and as weird as it sounds it did improve my game. I guess it really just focuses on how NOT to think when you swing the club. Allow practice to perfect your swing, think and do all those funny drills at the range, but when playing a round of golf don't think AT ALL about how you should swing..

Another great tip from the book was trying to correct your swing, if you sliced the ball, don't try to analize what you did wrong and try to correct it on the next hole, either don't use the club or just go up there with the additude that you're going to hit it perfect.

[Birdiemachine22]

Any of the Harvey Penick books.

[VanillaEps]

Tiger Woods, How I play Golf.

I've got the same book. It's really great for fundamentals and mental aspect of the game.

[Dave]

Butch Harmon's Playing Lessons. Lots of shot tips, but mostly about the course management side ... getting the most out of your game.

[Shindig]

Any of the Harvey Penick books.

Yeah, I just finished Tom Kite's

Fairway to Heaven , about his life with Harvey Penick. I smiled most of the way through (except the depressing parts, obviously). I've read Harvey's Little Red Book , and I need to get the rest of his.

[gogolfing]

Mark Frost, who wrote "The Greatest Game Ever Played" and "The Grand Slam" has a new book out called "The Match". It is about a money match set up by Eddy Lowery (Francis Ouimet's caddie when he won his US Open) between amateurs Ken Venturi and Harvie Ward and Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan. It happened in 1956.

I loved Frost's first 2 golf books, and will be asking for this one for Christmas. If anyone reads it, I'd love to hear your opinion. If not, I'll let you know in January what I think.

[Zakko]

The Bogey Man by George Plimpton

[Hogan Fan]

Two years in St Andrews is my all time favorite! I loved it so much I read it every year!I've read almost every book mentioned here. Nice to know there are golf book freaks out there like me.

[gogolfing]

Two years in St Andrews is my all time favorite! I loved it so much I read it every year!I've read almost every book mentioned here. Nice to know there are golf book freaks out there like me.

I got Two Years in St. Andrews for Father's Day and loved it. I see that when it was released in paper back they changed the name to St. Andrews Soujourn: Two Years at Home on the Old Course.

[outrider2288]

im really surprised no one has mentioned "The Pro" by Butch Harmon, not a teaching book. its actually a book about his father Claude Sr. and Butch's life... very very good book, if you havent read it yet go get it now.

[tm22721]

In 'Swing Like A Pro' they studied the swings of tour pros to create a composite computer model available online at modelgolf.com.

The best chapter is 'The Transition' that details the first move from the top in dropping the club behind the shoulder, not into some mythical 'slot' as espoused by trainers like Jim McLean.

I can testify that it absolutely cures the over the top affliction.

[Quinn07]

Bogey Man was a great book, made me LOL a few times
Harvey Pennicks Little Red Book was a good quick read. Has some good stories and help.
Butch Harmons Playing Lessons is a good book to read some course management strategies.
Dave Pelz Short game and Putting Bible's are good but some parts are tough to read as he talks about his research a lot. If you are serious about getting your short game better, I recommend the short game bible.

I am definitely going to check out some of the books mentioned in this thread.

[Shindig]

Butch Harmons

My only real complaint with this book is that player C had to read player A and B's pieces, because Butch would occasionally reference something that happened there. This caused a bit of an information overload for me. I would have much preferred if I could read just player C's pieces (and the common pieces, such as the stories about the hole) for now, and then player B's when I get to that level, and so on.

[Bowker]

Some good books I've read on the mental side of golf are:

-"Mind Over Golf" by Dr. Richard Coop and Bill Fields
-"Fearless Golf" by Dr. Gio Valiante and Mike Stachura

These are both great reads.