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Arnie & Jack
By Curt Sampson


Golf Dads
By Curt Sampson


The Long Drive Bible
by Sean "The Beast" Fister and Matthew Rudy


Golf: The Mental Game
by Tom Dorsel, Ph.D.


On the Other Hand
By Steve Anderson, PGA, with Paul deVere

Pops and Sunshine
By Dave Andrews

The Evangelist of Golf
By George Bahto

To The Linksland
By Michael Bamberger

Gettin' to the Dance Floor
By Al Barkow

Golf's Golden Grind
By Al Barkow

Death in a Green Jacket
by James Y. Bartlett

The Hacker Mystery Series
By James Y. Bartlett

The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf: The Hacker’s Bible
By Henry Beard

Golf Dirty Tricks:
50 Ways to Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to Victory

By Jim Becker, Andy Mayer & Rick Wolff

Breaking the Mold
By Judy Bell with Rhonda Glenn

A Golfer’s Dream: How a Regular Guy Conquered the Golf Digest List of America’s Top 100 Golf Courses
by Larry Berle

Money Golf: 600 Years of Bettin' on Birdies
By Michael K. Bohn

Strokes of Genius
By Thomas Boswell

The Cosmic Laws of Golf
By Printer Bowler

How to Hit the Second Shot First:
Blue and Bawdy Jokes that Unlock the Puzzle of the Green

by Jim Bronner and Bob Gilhooley

The Sweetest Game
By Cal Brown

The Way of Golf
By Robert Brown

The Major: 7 days at golf's greatest championship
By Scott Brown and the Monterey County Herald Sports Staff

Augusta and Aiken in Golf’s Golden Age
By Stan Byrdy

The Augusta National Golf Club:
Alister Mackenzie's Masterpiece
By Stan Byrdy

Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul
Compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Jeff Aubery, Mark & Chrissy Donnelly, et al.

Caddie Sense
By Michael Carrick with Steve Duno

My Greatest Shot
By Ron Cherney and Michael Arkush

The Impact Zone:
Mastering Golf's Moment of Truth

By Bobby Clampett and Andy Brumer

Jimmy Demaret: The Swing's the Thing
By John Companiotte

Bullets, Bombs & Birdies:
Golf in the Time of War

By Dale Concannon

Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son
by Kevin Cook

The Architects of Golf
By Geoffrey S. Cornish and Ronald E. Whitten

Cut Shot
by John R. Corrigan

A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe
By Bob Cullen

These Guys are Good
By Bob Cullen with Melanie Hauser, David Barrett, Mark Soltau, and Tom Mackin

Why Golf?
By Bob Cullen

Tin Cup Dreams
By Michael D'Antonio

Tour '72
by Michael D'Antonio

Bobby Jones: The Greatest of Them All
By Martin Davis, et al.

The Anatomy of a Golf Course
by Tom Doak

The Life and Work of Dr. Alister MacKenzie
by Tom Doak. Dr. James S. Scott, and Raymund M. Haddock

The Dewsweepers: Seasons of Golf and Friendship
by James Dodson

The Don't Sweat Guide to Golf
By the editors of Don't Sweat Press

Mr. Ryder's Trophy
by Shirley Dusinberre Durham

From Birdies to Bunkers
By Alice Dye with Mark Shaw

Classic Golf Courses of Great Britain and Ireland
By Nick Edmund

The Golfer's Companion:
A Book of Wit and Wisdom

Edited by Armand Eisen

Five Fundamentals:
Steve Elkington reveals the secrets of the best swing in golf

By Steve Elkington with Curt Sampson

Perry Maxwell's Prairie Dunes
By Mal Elliott; Photography by John R. Johnson

First Sunday in April:
The Masters

Introduction by Brad Faxon
Foreward by Don Wade

Caddy For Life: The Bruce Edwards Story
By John Feinstein

The First Coming: Tiger Woods, master or martyr?
By John Feinstein

A Good Walk Spoiled: days and nights on the PGA Tour
By John Feinstein

The Majors: in pursuit of golf's holy grail
By John Feinstein

Open:  Inside the ropes at Bethpage Black
By John Feinstein

Lazy Days at Lahinch
by George A. Finn

The Elements of Scoring
By Raymond Floyd with Jaime Diaz

Dr. Divot's Guide to Golf Injuries
By Larry Foster, M.D.

Golf Flex:
10 minutes a day to better play

By Paul Frediani

The Greatest Game Ever Played:
Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf

By Mark Frost

Golf Nuts:
You've Got to Be Committed

By Ron Garland with Brian Hewitt

I'd Rather Be Golfing:
A Book of Photographs and Reflections

Edited by John Garrity

Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes
By Stephen Goodwin

Great Golf Courses of America
By John Gordon

Q School Confidential
By David Gould

Spectacular Golf: The Courses, People, and Stories That Made the Game Great
by David Gould

Confessions of a Sandbagger
By J. J. Gowland
 

Golf Course Design
By Robert Muir Graves
and Geoffrey S. Cornish

Preferred Lies: A Journey into the Heart of Scottish Golf
By Andrew Greig

Spikes
By Michael Griffith


The Payne Stewart Story
By Larry Guest

Golf Fit
By Clay S. Harrow

Make Your Golf Dream A Reality
By Lou Hays
 

The Works of Art: Golf Course Designs by Arthur Hills
By Arthur Hills with Michael Patrick Shiels

Five Lessons--The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
By Ben Hogan with Herbert Warren Wind

Rethinking Golf
by Chuck Hogan

Flatbellies
By A.B. Hollingsworth

Smart Golf: wisdom and strategies from the "thinking man’s golfer"
By Hale Irwin with Robin McMillan and Jim Hartley

A Buried Lie
By Roberta Isleib

Fairway to Heaven
By Roberta Isleib

Final Fore
By Roberta Isleib

Putt to Death
By Roberta Isleib

Six Strokes Under
by Roberta Isleib

Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Stories from the PGA Tour
By Peter Jacobsen

The Chief Inspector St. George Mysteries
By Peter Jamesson

Unplayable Lie
by Peter Jamesson

The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist
by Dan Jenkins

The Physics of Golf
(2d Edition)

By Theodore P. Jorgensen

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris
Compiled by David Joy

You Might Be a Hack If...
By the founders of JUGGO Golf

A Golfer's Education
by Darren Kilfara

Disovering Donald Ross: The Architect and His Golf Courses
By Bradley S. Klein

Nice Shot, Mr. Nicklaus: Stories About the Game of Golf
By Michael Konik

The Pro’s Edge:
Vision Training For Golf

By Dr. Lawrence D. Lampert

The Fundamentals of Hogan
By David Leadbetter with Lorne Rubenstein

Shrink Your Handicap
By Phillip Lee, M.D. and Jeff Warne

Puttingmagic.com
By Bret Leifer

The Story of Golf in Oklahoma
by Del Lemon

“Don’t Ask What I Shot:”
How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America

By Catherine M. Lewis

The Scorecard Always Lies: A Year Behind the Scenes on the PGA Tour
By Chris Lewis
 

A Passion for Golf:
Celebrity Musings About the Game

by Ann Liguori

Every Shot I Take
By Davis Love III and Michael Bamberger

Scotland's Gift: How America Discovered Golf
By Charles Blair MacDonald

The Spirit of St. Andrews
By Alister MacKenzie

Golf's Greatest Eighteen
Edited by David Mackintosh

Range Rats: how to get your swing from the practice range to the golf course
By Roger Maltbie and Ron Salsig

Two Bites of the Cherry and Other Golf Stories
By Ray A. March

Can I Get a Ruling?
Golf Rules Revealed Through Others' Mistakes
By Dave Marrandette

Off the Beaten Cart Path
By Dave Marrandette

The PGA Manual of Golf
By Rick Martino with Don Wade

The Wit and Wisdom of Bobby Jones
By Sidney L. Matthew

Wry Stories on The Road Hole
By Sidney L. Matthew

Barranca
By Troon McAllister

The Green
By Troon McAllister

The Foursome
By Troon McAllister

Scratch
By Troon McAllister

Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses You Can Play
By Brian McCallen

Just A Range Ball In A Box Of Titleists
By Gary McCord

Us Against Them
By Robin McMillan

Sticks
By William McMillen

Golfing With God: A Novel of Heaven and Earth
By Roland Merullo

One Magical Sunday
By Phil Mickelson with Donald T. Phillips

The Better By Saturday Series
Edited by Greg Midland and Dave Allen

Golf’s 100 Toughest Holes
By Chris Millard

The Gift: A story about finding a better score in golf and life
By Richard Monette

Pinehurst:
Golf, History, and The Good Life

By Audrey Moriarty

Open Season
By Jim Moriarty

Only Golf Spoken Here
By Ivan Morris

Cinderella Story:
My Life in Golf

By Bill Murray with George Peper

Caddywhack!
By Drew Murray

Foursome the Spider
By Larry Nestor

The Life of O'Reilly
by John O'Reilly and Ivan Morris

The Complete Office Golf
By David Owen

My Usual Game:
adventures in golf

By David Owen

The Golf Doc:
Health, Humor, and Insight to Improve Your Game
By Ed Palank, M.D.

The Six-Spoke Approach to Golf
By Tom Patri and Julie L. Moran

Great Golf:
150 Years of Essential Instruction From The Best Players, Teachers, and Writers of All Time

Edited by Danny Peary and Allen F. Richardson

Golf and the Spirit:
Lessons for the Journey

By M. Scott Peck, M.D.

Dave Pelz’s
10 Minutes a Day to Better Putting

By Dave Pelz with Eddie Pelz and James A. Frank

Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible
By Dave Pelz with James Frank


Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book

And If You Play Golf, You’re My Friend
By Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake

The Wisdom of Harvey Penick
By Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake, and Edwin Shrake

Murder in the Rough:
Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps

Edited By Otto Penzler

GolfWatching:
A Viewer’s Guide to the World of Golf

By George Peper

Playing Partners: A Father, A Son, and Their Shared Addiction to Golf
By George Peper
Epilogue by Scott Peper

The Story of Golf
By George Peper

To the Nines
By Anthony Pioppi

The Efficient Golfer
By Robert Anthony Prichard

America's Linksland: A Century of Long Island Golf
By William Quirin; Photography by L.C. Lambrecht

In Search of the Greatest Golf Swing
By Philip Reed 

Missing Links
By Rick Reilly

Who's Your Caddy?
By Rick Reilly

Golf Wit & Wisdom
By Joe Romano

The Schoolboy
by Tony Rosa

Golf:
A Pop-Up Book

Illustrated by Larry Ross
Pop-Up Design by William Wolff

Golf Is A Game Of Confidence
By Dr. Bob Rotella with Bob Cullen

Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect
By Dr. Bob Rotella with Bob Cullen

The Golfer's Mind: Play to Play Great
By Bob Rotella with Bob Cullen

Putting Out of Your Mind
By Dr. Bob Rotella with Bob Cullen

A Season in Dornoch
by Lorne Rubenstein

Golf Rules Plain and Simple
By Mark Russell with John Andrisani

The Golf Rules Dictionary
(Second Edition)

By Hadyn Rutter

Hogan
By Curt Sampson

The Lost Masters: Grace and Disgrace in '68
By Curt Sampson

The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
By Curt Sampson

Royal and Ancient:
Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open

By Curt Sampson

The Slam:
Bobby Jones and the Price of Glory

By Curt Sampson

Shooting for Par
By Sam and Alice Segal

Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club
By Geoff Shackelford

The Art of Golf Design
By Geoff Shackelford

The Golden Age of Golf Design
By Geoff Shackelford

Lines of Charm
Edited and compiled by Geoff Shackelford

Masters of the Links
Edited by Geoff Shackelford

Golf's Short Game For Dummies
By Michael Patrick Shiels
with Michael Kernicki

The First Chapbook for Golfers
Collected and annotated by Jeff Silverman

The Golfer's Two-Minute Workout:
Add 30 yards to your drive in 6 weeks

By Peter N. Sisco and John R. Little

Driver
By Tim Southgate

Golf Tales From the Chestnut Hills Country Club
by Ray Spiess

Club Life: The Games Golfers Play
by John Steinbreder

Golf Courses of the U.S. Open
By John Steinbreder

Driving the Green: the making of a golf course
By John Strawn

Just Hit It:
Our Equipment and Our Game

By Frank Thomas
With Jeff Neuman

The Final Missing Piece of Ben Hogan's Secret Puzzle
by V. J. Trolio and Dave Hamilton

Golf Dreams: writings about golf
By John Updike

Golf Games Within the Game
By Linda Valentine and Margie Hubbard

The Greatest Course That Never Was
By J. Michael Veron

The Greatest Player Who Never Lived
By J. Michael Veron

The Little Book of Golf Slang
By Randy Voorhees

"And Then Freddie Told Tiger"
By Don Wade, Amy Alcott

"And Then Seve Told Freddie"
By Don Wade, Peter Jacobsen

"And Then Arnie Told Chi Chi"
By Don Wade, Gary McCord

"And Then Tiger Told The Shark"
By Don Wade, Greg Norman

"And Then Fuzzy Told Seve"
By Don Wade, Curtis Strange

"And Then Jack Said to Arnie"
By Don Wade, Lee Trevino

"And Then Chi Chi Told Fuzzy"
By Don Wade, Ken Venturi

Take Dead Aim
by Don Wade

Divots, Shanks, Gimmes, Mulligans, and Chili Dips: A Life in 18 Holes
By Glen Waggoner

In My Dreams I Walk With You
by Dennis Walters and James Achenbach

Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses and Holes
By Daniel Wexler

Pictorial History of American Golf
By the Editors of Willow Creek Press

The Fairway Game
Edited by Dick Wimmer

How to Win At Golf
By Jon Winokur

The Search for the Perfect Driver
By Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner
 

The Search for the Perfect Golf Club
By Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner

The Golf Omnibus
By P.G. Wodehouse

Good Bounces & Bad Lies:
The autobiography of Ben Wright

By Ben Wright with Michael Patrick Shiels

Speak Wright: A literate guide to the game of golf
By Ben Wright with Michael Patrick Shiels

Misfits on the Links:
A golfer's guide to freaks along the fairway

By Joel Zuckerman
Illustrations by Jeff Wong

When Bad Things Happen To Good Golfers:
Pro Golf’s Greatest Disasters

By Allan Zullo with Cris Rodell


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