Golf Books

"The Big Miss "is Hank Haney's candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. He was w...

100 Essential New Zealand Golf Holes is an exciting survey of the country's most interesting, beautiful, challenging and exhilarating golf holes, including several at Cape Kidnappers, recently declared by the UK Telegraph to be No 1 of the 'World's Top Ten Golf Courses'. This book is the perfect gif...

The techniques explained in this golf instruction book do not reveal Tiger Woods' own predilections, but how he took care to make it a guide for everyone, men or women, young or old, tall or short. The book is structured differently from other books, starting at the green and progressing backwards -...

First published in 1976, "The World Atlas of Golf" was the first book to take a global view of the sport and the history and architects of course design. Now, over 30 years later, it's back and better than ever. Completely new text has been written by an expert panel comprising of course d...

In golf, as in law, ignorance is no excuse. Inadvertently lifting a ball without permission, or removing a certain type of obstruction, will lead to penalty strokes and possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat. The rules of golf, however, have been formulated by the game's governing b...

This book provides in depth coverage of the greatest links and in land courses of Scotland and Ireland, known for their character, sparkle, fascination, challenge, and history. Filled with more original photography than anyone has seen in eons, and written in the wonderfully impassioned voice of a l...

SpotX Golfing New Zealand is the most comprehensive publication on the market covering all affiliated golf courses in New Zealand. With over 400,000 people playing annually, golfing is one of the largest recreational activities in the country and enjoyed by a wide demographic. Each course revi...

Dr Bob Rotella is one of the hottest golfing performance consultants in the world today. Unlike other performance consultants, Rotella goes beyond the usual mental aspects of the game and the reliance on specific techniques. In this extraordinary book, and with his clients, he creates an attitude an...

Want simple tips to help smash it past your pals? Want to know how to generate the most power from your swing, put it close with irons, and stop three-putting? "GOLF" magazine's top 100 teachers combine their knowledge to help you get your game back in shape with their first book, "The Best Instruct...

In "Golf" magazine's "How to Hit Every Shot", "Golf"'s top 100 teachers show you how to play 100 different shots from the tee, fairway, trouble areas and around the green. Their simple, step-by-step methods are easy to follow, learn and repeat, So you can use them the n...

The Michael Jackson - 'Started well, but faded badly'. The Condom - 'It was safe, but it didn't feel great'. The Saddam Hussein - 'Going from one bunker to another'. You're laughing, but you know you shouldn't be! If you thought golf was all Argyle sweaters and gentlemanly conduct, this book is guar...

As a teenager, Cox dreamed of sporting immortality. For four years he devoted himself to the game of golf. And then, one day, he walked away. But as he got older, those dreams kept coming back. Perhaps it was turning thirty, perhaps it was having his first hole in one, but he decided it was time to ...

"Ten years ago I could easily have cleared that pond." "I'm okay until about the fourteenth hole; then I can feel myself getting tired." "I've had to shorten my backswing; otherwise, my old back will keep me up all night." Sound familiar? As much as we may hate to admit it, at sixty-plus we're diffe...

Dave Pelz's two previous instruction books, his Short Game Bible and Putting Bible, have proved phenomenal sellers for Aurum - over 70,000 copies between them at almost GBP20 a copy. Their uniqueness to golfers is twofold: first, their amazing thoroughness - looking at every single factor affecting ...

The year: 1956. Eddie Lowery, once caddie to Francis Ouimet, now a wealthy car dealer and avid supporter of amateur golf, boasts to fellow millionaire George Coleman that two of his salesmen - US amateur champion Harvie Ward and up-and-coming star Ken Venturi - could beat any golfers in the world in...

The first full history of the most prestigious golf tournament of the year, based on unprecedented access to the archives of the Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters is the one tournament, Sam Snead said, that every golfer wants to win. Played on the magnificent Augusta National Course, with the ...

"Backspin" is a comprehensive overview of everything golf-related in BC. Veteran sportswriter Arv Olson's work on the trailblazers and the growth of the game and the province's golf courses was "the preeminent resource" on golf history when he self-published "Backspin" in 1992. This first Heritage H...

The true story of the dramatic 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, which changed the competition in golf forever. The 1991 Ryder Cup began in 1985. Up to then, the biennial match between all-star teams of golf professionals from America and Europe was more ceremonial exhibition than real competition, ...

The first putting book in more than a decade from the world's best-known-- and bestselling--golf instructor. With numerous bestselling books, coast-to-coast golf schools, and lessons to elite pros, Dave Pelz has founded an empire based upon his scientific approach to the game. His last putting book...

The essays in this book arise from the premise that Tiger Woods is not simply a phenomenal player but is also an Everyman who has displayed all-too-human foibles and weaknesses. The first half of the collection focuses on Tiger's superman game and how he has affected, and been affected by, the golfi...

"The Pro Tours's hottest coach" ("Golf Digest") scores the perfect follow-up to his bestselling golf guide, "Unconscious Putting." Dave Stockton is hotter than ever. The 2011 U.S. Open winner, Rory McIlroy, studied with the renowned instructor and two-time former PGA champion, and credits Stockton's...

Every golfer longs for the opportunity to play as many great golf holes as possible. Fully updated for 2012 it contains over 800 illustrations from international golf courses across the world, 1001 Golf Holes is a truly comprehensive guide to the world's ultimate golf holes. Fact boxes provide insta...

Dr. Parent has drawn on a career coaching the masters to write a hundred simple yet powerful tips for improving any golfer's score, from the essentials of the mental game to helpful hints to keep your composure. Each of Dr. Parent's texts is accompanied by insightful illustrations compiled from the ...

The Ryder Cup is one of the world's most prestigious sporting contests. Fiercely fought every two years, it uniquely pits teams from two golfing giants - Europe and the USA - against each other in a sport that is more usually associated with individual play. But this is no exhibition match - nothing...

In golf, as in law, ignorance is no excuse. Inadvertently lifting a ball without permission, or removing a certain type of obstruction, will lead to penalty strokes and possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat. The rules of golf have been formulated to ensure orderly play, resolve dis...

Born in a humble weaver's cottage in 1821, he, more than anyone, before or since, in large measure made golf what it is today. The record of Tom and his prodigiously gifted son, Tommy, is astonishing. Between them they won eight of the first twelve Open Championships and are still respectively the o...

Rory's amazing amateur career saw him conquer Ireland and Europe before topping the World Amateur Rankings in 2007. But he really came to prominence with his superb opening three-under-par 68 in the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie. He went on to accpet the Silver Medal as leading amateur. Desp...

Filled with vibrant photos that capture the majesty of the natural landscape--from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains--this luscious guide provides a captivating look at the finest golf courses in British Columbia and Alberta. Including holes from nearly 100 challenging, historic, and scenic g...

An instructional guide to the perfect swing from one of golf's most successful players and well-known television commentators.Nick Faldo is considered one of the world's most complete golfers. For years he analyzed his game in search of the perfect swing. In this extensive book--the fully updated an...

For years, the importance of strength training for golfers was maligned or dismissed as being, at best, an unimportant consideration in improving the golfer's game. But now that more and more professional and amateur golfers have turned to strength training to augment their game with outstanding res...

Recognised the world over as the 'Home of Golf', St Andrews Links has borne witness to over 600 years of golfing history. That the game evolved and developed into its final form here has never been in question. One golf course has now become seven, and many of golf's most dramatic moments, affecting...

The inspirational story of a golfing legend and one of the game's defining contests. The year: 1926. Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club is hosting the world's oldest and most prestigious golf tournament - The Open Championship. A stellar field of players has assembled from both sides of the Atlanti...

Gary Sutherland was a lapsed golfer, until he acquired his late dad's putter. After studying a crumpled golf map of Scotland, Gary decided to embark on a voyage. His target was to play 18 rounds of golf on 18 Scottish islands in honour of his dad, a ship's captain who, when he wasn't at sea, was nev...

Ever since he was a two-year-old golf prodigy, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods has often been viewed less as a human being and more as a ball-striking machine - and his carefully guarded image and emotionless persona seemed to guarantee that it would remain that way. Even after his recent bombshell adultery s...

The art of the deal was perfected at the Las Vegas Country Club. For fifty years, the movers and shakers - among them bankers, attorneys, entertainers, business leaders, and, yes, mobsters - have been drawn to "the Beverly Hills of Las Vegas" to play golf, eat lunch, and chart the future of this wor...

An entertaining, perceptive, and hypnotically readable exploration of the greatest and most important year in golf history in America, from the bestselling author of Hogan and The Masters. In 1960, golf and its personalities exploded into the consciousness of the nation, when the past, present, and ...

Virtually all of Rube Goldberg's golf machines are reproduced in vivid colour in this new book along with many of his golf cartoons and much of his extensive and hilarious writings on the game of golf.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Jigsaw Puzzle of the Past; Mainly About the Campbells & the Brow...

The fun way to get a grip on every aspect of golf Golf is a popular spectator sport, but for those who play it's a great source of low impact cardiovascular, strength, and aerobic exercise. In addition, golf is by nature a social game that provides the opportunity to meet new people. Golf All-In-One...

Golf Rules Illustrated 2012 contains every Rule in the world's most popular game, including all the New Rules that come into play in 2012 that are valid to the end of 2015. Fully redesigned for ease of reference, this official publication of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club - the game's ruling body - w...

"The Pro Tours' Hottest Coach" ("Golf Digest") reveals the secrets that helped Phil Mickelson win the 2010 Masters and can utterly transform every player's game. When a resurgent Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship in September 2009, he was quick to credit a series of simple putting lessons fro...