Good golf book for the beach?

[mat100p]

Hi looking for a good golf book for the hols? prefer bio rather than instructional i look a bit silly practicing the lastest swing tip on the beach in the speedo's.
A couple of suggestions from me for any of you out there:
SAM TORRANCE : OUT OF BOUNDS (OK but if these are his best stories from 40 years on tour you've let me down Sam)
BRING ME THE HEAD OF SERGIO GARCIA :CANT REMEMBER AUTHOR ( great title the rest of book s**t)
DARREN CLARKE : AN OPEN BOOK ( really wanted to like this but just ok)

My favourite golf books are: Sam Torrance (SAM) Autobiography after 2002 Ryder CUP
Jack Nicklaus autobiography was really good
Any suggestions would be good any comments on TIGERS BIG MISS?

 

[Fader]

I'd give Hank Haneys book on Tiger the "big miss" if I were you IMO a very poor book.

I've just read Greg Normans book absolutely brilliant and covers every facet of his life.

I've got Montys book to read next and looking foward to that.

Another I really enjoyed though its quite old now but really good was John Feinsteins Tales from Q-School.

 

[TheClaw]

Bunker Play by Gary Player. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553069403

Perfect for the beach...or anywhere with sand

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Not necessarily bio's but you could try these all of which I enjoyed...

"Tommy's Honour" which is the story of Old & Young Tom Morris
"Four Iron in the Soul" is an amusing read about life as an inexperienced tour caddie
"Caddy for Life" is the Story of Tom Watson's ex-caddie Bruce Edwards who died of ALS. This one brings out a lot of different emotions

 

[Gopher]

I've just read The Big Miss and agree that it's not a great book.. a few interesting bits about Tiger and the way he practices/thinks, but that's it.

Try "Dream On' by John Richardson - about a middle handicapper who sets himself the target of breaking par within a year. Easy reading and a good holiday book.

 

[boyatthebay]

"Four Iron in the Soul" vote from me, great insight to the Pro Tour and great stories

 

[Crow]

I found "The Greatest Game Ever Played" a good read.

 

[Mungoscorner]

Nice Jumper (Tom Cox)
To The Linksland. (Michael Bamberger)

 

[wookie]

I found "The Greatest Game Ever Played" a good read.

I'm just finishing the "The Match" by the same guy and that's very good too.

 

[Pin-seeker]

John Daly-In and out of the rough. Really good read,not many dull moments in his life.

 

[tsped83]

The Amateurs by David Niven. It's a black comedy novel about a weekend hacker who gets hit on the head by a golf ball, comes out of ensuing coma to take part in the Open! But also develops Tourette's as a side effect. Very funny book.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Final Rounds by James Dodson [especially if your father is still alive]

Otherwise 4 iron in the soul
Or if you suffer from insomnia Big Miss.

 

[shivas irons]

I've read loads best are:
Four iron in the soul
A season in Dornoch
Preffered lies
Seve The biography

 

[Garush34]

Just finished the Irish majors, really easy to read and a really good book.

Also my personal favorite is tales from Q School, another good read and hard to put down.

 

[Whee]

The Amateurs by David Niven. It's a black comedy novel about a weekend hacker who gets hit on the head by a golf ball, comes out of ensuing coma to take part in the Open! But also develops Tourette's as a side effect. Very funny book.

SMOKE MA DOBBER!!!!!!

Cracking read, felt the ending was a little rushed, but it kept me entertained throughtout. Some genuinely funny parts to it - in particular what the postman had to witness on Gary's birthday....

 

[Doon frae Troon]

The Amateurs by David Niven. It's a black comedy novel about a weekend hacker who gets hit on the head by a golf ball, comes out of ensuing coma to take part in the Open! But also develops Tourette's as a side effect. Very funny book.

It is John Niven............not David.

If you want a good [non golf] read from a different era. Bring On The Empty Horses and The Moon's a Balloon by DAVID Niven are fantastic.

 

[pendodave]

If you'd like some nonpareil comic writing, try 'heart of a goof' by Wodehouse.

No idea where you live, but I got the audiobook through the herts library service foc.

 

[lucan]

phantom of the open.
read how the late great maurice flittcroft took on the r and a

 

[AmandaJR]

Another vote for Dream On and also loved My Baby Got The Yips...

Just started Ray Floyd's The Elements of Scoring which is promising!

 

[Rsince81]

+1 for the Amateurs, great bit of golf fiction.