Golf Books

[MashieNiblick]

Sir Walter: The Flamboyant Life of Walter Hagen, by Tom Clavin. A great book about a great payer and a great character.

Jack Nicklaus - My Story, also excellent.

Also another vote for Tommy's Honour.

 

[Vardon11]

someone just recommended 'the big miss' to me. What did you think of it Vardon?

Seriously insightful. I am not a huge fan of Tiger anyway but some of the stuff in there is eye opening. Great read, could not put it down and finished it within two days.

 

[jimbob.someroo]

Am re-reading The Big Miss at the moment although I'm going to give the last chapter a miss this time round as it's a bit self-serving ('did you know Tiger with my coaching won x% compared with x% under this coach etc ...)

Also recently re read Ewan Porter's 'Tour Confidential'. An interesting book about life trying to make it as a pro (and almost doing so on a big level) but again the book is a bit self indulgent and large parts focus on how he kept missing cuts by 1 hinting that he was 'unlucky' all the time. Alright once, but wont be re-reading again ...

Just wanted to share a great bit of The Big Miss which almost made me wet myself on the train last night. After Tiger had done his knee in good and proper, and was still weighing up playing in the US Open on one leg, he hadn't been able to complete 18 holes for ages and was struggling to hit more than 50 balls on the range because of the pain. Hank, Tiger and Steve Williams went out to the 9th tee at Torrey Pines to play a short practice round with Tiger in a buggy. Steve hadn't seen Tiger play since the Masters and was really nervous about how he'd be, as was Hank. Tiger stood up on the tee and hooked one over the fence OB. He turned round to Stevie and in a deadpan voice said "oh yeah, I've got a new miss".

 

[jimbob.someroo]

someone just recommended 'the big miss' to me. What did you think of it Vardon?

Would definitely recommend. It's hugely insightful to just see behind the scenes a little with Tiger - and how he went about being so good.

 

[ManinBlack]

Would definitely recommend. It's hugely insightful to just see behind the scenes a little with Tiger - and how he went about being so good.

And confirmed what sort of a person he is.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Golf My Way by Jack Nicklaus. Not only easy reading with pictures, but also an insight to how to think yourself around the course as well. A classic book and I certainly learned more from this book than I ever did from modern teaching gurus.

Got a first edition of this one on my bookshelf - your comments suggest I should pick it up. I've got a small but growing collection of golf books - Bernard Darwin, Henry Cotton, Tommy Armour, Robert Browning, Ben Hogan, Bob Rotella, Jack Nicklaus, John Hopkins, Peter Dobereiner - covering all aspects of the game from the 1930s to the present day.

 

[evahakool]

Picked up Monty Raw by Dale Concannon by chance in a charity shop,easy read good insight into the life of a tour pro at the top,great respect for his golfing achievements but what a moody bugger.

I find generally the farther you go back with golf books the better the read.

 

[ManinBlack]

A couple of years ago I bought Sandy Lyle's autobiography when I was due to photograph him at a golf event. He autographed the book, I spent 5 hours on the 5th tee where he played a shot for each Texas Scramble team. Liked the book about as much as him. I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Khamelion]

Seve's autobiography is a good read, I'm enjoying it, then got Bernhard Langer's first autobiography to read, the one written by GM's Bill Elliot.