Best Golf Books

[Bulldog95]

Having just read, and enjoyed, a novel that is based on golf, it left me wondering what are my favourite 5 golf books, fiction or none fiction. It occured to me that this 'Immortal Dreams' by Rob Watson was the first golf related novel I've ever read. Anyway here's my list,

1. Jack Nicklaus, My Story
2. The Grand Slam - Mark Frost
3. Immortal Dreams - Rob Watson.
4. The Golfer and the Millionaire - Mark Fisher
5. Tales from Q-School - John Feinstein.

Has anybody read any of them and got any comments? Our have any of you got any recommendations for other golf books?? What's in your top 5???

 

[MashieNiblick]

Agree with Jack Nicklaus "My Story", an excellent insight into Jack's incredible career. John Feinstein is also a good writer and I would go for "A Good Walk Spoiled" and "Caddy for Life". Also like Michael Bamberger "To The Linksland".

 

[bluenose10]

I am also a big fan of john Feinstein have read and enjoyed a good walk spoiled and other of his books about NFL and The NBA but a good walk spoiled is definately the best as he gives an insight into the minds of world class golfers.

 

[sev112]

If you can find it , my most recent best read, and i read alot of golf books, is "the Education of a Golfer" by Sam Snead

Really put smodern golf in perspective. Should be required reading for any aspiring pro, as well as a a good few of us amateurs

 

[lobthewedge]

'Bring Me The Head of Sergio Garcia' is quite a good laugh.

'Ben Hogan : The Authorized Biography' by James Dodson is a must for Hogan fans.

 

[Snelly]

Golf Dreams by John Updike.

Top read!

 

[MashieNiblick]

Does anyone remember "The Art of Coarse Golf" by Michael Green? Really funny. I loved it as a kid. He wrote them on other subjects including Rugby. Don't see them about now but they were very popular once.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Try "four iron in the soul" by Lawrence Donegan which is a year in the life of a rookie caddy

If you want something a bit more moving, "caddy for life - the Bruce Edwards Story" is about Tom Watson's longtime caddy who suffered and eventually died from Lou Gehrig's disease

 

[SyR]

Bud, Sweat and Tees by Alan Shipnuck - it's about Rich Beem and his caddy and their journeys to the tour.

 

[Swinger]

Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Book