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The fun part about introducing new golf books to our audience every year is the fact that I personally know many of the authors.
The golf world is a tight-knit community ... the people bold enough to write books about the game even more so. I've played golf with three of the authors - Tom Doak, Ann Liguori and Sean Zak - and am jealous that all three have finished the enviable task of getting a golf book published in today's climate. It's not about the money they'll make (or not). It's about the love of the game and the satisfaction of telling a good story. Every golf writer needs a passion for both to survive in this competitive career path we've chosen.
These books could make great Father's Day or birthday gifts.
Life On The Green: Lessons and Wisdom from Legends of Golf
Liguori, a New York-based sports talk show host who recently covered her 26thMasters for WFAN Radio, dives into conversations with so many golfers everybody knows - Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer, Nancy Lopez, Dottie Pepper, Amy Alcott, Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw, Jan Stephenson, Padraig Harrington, Annika Sorenstam, Renee Powell and Jack Nicklaus - for her new book, "LIFE ON THE GREEN: Lessons and Wisdom from Legends of Golf,” which was published April 2 by Hatherleigh Press. Jim Nantz provides the Foreword. Cost: $18
Playing From the Rough: A Personal Journey through America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses
At one time in my life, I considered attempting this journey, so I was keenly interested in reading about Jimmie James' exploits playing America's Top 100 Courses in a single year. The book chronicles James' upbringing in a Texas shack without electricity or plumbing to becoming a globe-trotting oil company executive who fell in love with golf. Through the network of friendships in the game, he was able to play all the great ones. He's living proof that the American Dream still exists, especially for golfers. Published by Simon & Schuster, the 304-page book goes to market June 11. Cost: $29.99
The Evangelist of Golf
As everyday golfers get more education on the subject of golf course architecture, books like 'The Evangelist of Golf' by George Bahto, become more important to passing along the history of the game from one generation to the next. Bahto's 'Evangelist' is C.B. MacDonald, who is credited with designing some of America's most classic courses, along with his associates Seth Raynor and Charles Banks. Included are old photographs and greens sketches to help MacDonald's artistry come to life through the pages. Cost: $95
Searching in St. Andrews
Talk about timing. Zak was in St. Andrews last year for Golf.com when the LIV Golf/PGA Tour merger news broke, putting him in a historical golf place where he could try to make sense of the madness. Zak shares his experience in his book, 'Searching in St. Andrews', which was published April 2 by Triumph Books. Cost: $22.48
Rainmaker
Hughes Norton and George Pepper's book, published by Simon and Schuster, couldn't be more timely. Norton, who worked as an agent for Tiger Woods and Greg Norman, pulls back the curtain in this memoir on what it was like to be golf's "super agent." All the stories about working with Woods and Norman - two key figures in the rift in the professional game between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf - shed a light on two of golf's most interesting characters. Cost: $28.99
BONUS BOOK
The Life and Work of Dr. Alistair MacKenzie
MacKenzie's name will forever be celebrated for designing Augusta National, home of The Masters Tournament, and Cypress Point, arguably the most scenic course in the world. Every golfer would be wise to read this biography of one of golf’s most engaging, eccentric, brilliant and colorful characters. Doak, who co-authored the book with Ray Haddock and James Scott, reveals his favorite MacKenzie holes. The book includes photos and copies of letters written by MacKenzie. Cost: $125
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