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Date: 28 Aug 2006 19:47:28
From: Matthew
Subject: Reading Recommendations

Hey all -

I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
matter. Thanks...

Date: 28 Aug 2006 21:16:10
From: Tighthead
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Matthew wrote:
> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...

Strategic Golf by Tom Watson

Chasing the Dream by Harry Hurt III

Maybe It Should Have Been a Three Iron: My Year as Caddie for the
World's 438th Best Golfer by Lawrence Donegan

Date: 29 Aug 2006 04:02:18
From: rich
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

"Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com > wrote in message
news:1156819648.326973.121720@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...

Mark Frost's 2 books, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about Francis Ouimet's
win at the 1913 US Open and "The Grand Slam" about Bobby Jones are both
excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FDFWQY/sr=8-4/qid=1156823419/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FDFVYW/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8

Another good one is "Open" by John Feinstein, an inside look at the staging
of the 2002 US Open at Bethpage Black.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316602574/sr=1-1/qid=1156823627/ref=sr_1_1/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8&s=books

Rich

Date: 28 Aug 2006 20:19:12
From: Timothy Walsh
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Date: 29 Aug 2006 22:53:03
From: gary hayenga
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

On 2006-08-28 23:19:12 -0400, "Timothy Walsh"
<tribalcollectors@tribalcollectors.com > said:

> "Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1156819648.326973.121720@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> Hey all -
>>
>> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
>> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
>> matter. Thanks...
>>
>
> "A Good Walk Spoiled" by John Feinstein

I second that one.

gary hayenga

Date: 28 Aug 2006 22:06:05
From: Mike Dalecki
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Matthew wrote:

> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...
>

The best fiction golf book I've ever read is "Missing Links" by Rick
Reilly. It's funny, bawdy, everything you want in a book.

Nothing else I've ever read is close.

Mike

PS: By comparison, Reilly's "Who's your Caddie" is one of the worst
I've ever read. Hard to believe there's that much variance from one author.

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Date: 29 Aug 2006 03:00:46
From: Robert Hamilton
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Matthew wrote:

> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...

I like the non fiction books the best. The fiction about golf gets too
stupid too fast, at least for me.

I wish I had the time to buy and read all the great non fiction books about
golf. Just about every character has a book. If I lived somewhere that had
a good library...

In any event, a handful of favorites that I have are:

The Unsinkable Titanic Thompson
Hogan
Tin Cup Dreams
Every Shot I make

Date: 29 Aug 2006 02:53:53
From: Brian Foster
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

2 that I like are:

Hogan's Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf

&

Dr. Rotella's, Golf is Not a Game of Perfect

Video: I like the truth about golf by AJ or something like that. Really
simple swing thoughts and good examples.

"Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com > wrote in message
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> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...
>

Date: 29 Aug 2006 02:51:57
From: WhiteOut
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

That's funny--

I just got back from the library and while I was not planning on anything in
particular, wound up bringing home:

Who's Your Caddy? -- Rick Reilly
Open -- John Feinstein
How to Quit Golf -- Craig Brass (never heard of this one--looks funny)

"Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com > wrote in message
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> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...
>

Date: 29 Aug 2006 10:42:38
From: RonrutMR2
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Matthew wrote:
> Hey all -
>
> I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> matter. Thanks...
>

Go to http://shop.classicsofgolf.com/servlet/StoreFront
and see what they have to offer. Along with Flagstick books, you can
get reprints of all the classics.
My library is over 100 books now.

RR

Date: 29 Aug 2006 08:36:33
From: Matthew
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Thanks all - I'll be placing an order soon. Can't wait to read up. Its
raining in NYC. Was looking to get out to practice some chip shots
today. Maybe it'll clear up. Thanks again for the recommendations.

Matthew

Date: 29 Aug 2006 11:01:38
From: warren montgomery
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

A lot of those are great suggestions. Here are a few more:

Any of the "Troon McAllister" Eddie Camineti books (The Green, The Foresome,
and a couple of others) Fiction -- I liked the first one (The Green) the
best, but the others aren't bad.
"
The Best Player who Never Lived" (Fiction) -- there's a sequel too about a
course that never was, but it's a bit repetitive.

"The Bogey Man" (mostly non-fiction) George Plimpton (sportswriter) pretends
to be a pro.

Nobody mentioned Golf in the Kingdom or Bagger Vance here -- a bit too "new
age" for me, but lots of people liked them.

That will probably keep you busy until spring.

--
Warren Montgomery (wamontgomery@att.net)
http://home.att.net/~wamontgomery
"Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com > wrote in message
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> Thanks all - I'll be placing an order soon. Can't wait to read up. Its
> raining in NYC. Was looking to get out to practice some chip shots
> today. Maybe it'll clear up. Thanks again for the recommendations.
>
> Matthew
>

Date: 29 Aug 2006 22:55:03
From: gary hayenga
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

On 2006-08-29 12:01:38 -0400, "warren montgomery"
<wamontgomery@worldnet.att.net > said:

> A lot of those are great suggestions. Here are a few more:
>
> The Best Player who Never Lived" (Fiction) -- there's a sequel too
> about a course that never was, but it's a bit repetitive.

That's _The "Greatest" Player Who Never Lived_. And it is very good.
Skip the sequel.

> "The Bogey Man" (mostly non-fiction) George Plimpton (sportswriter)
> pretends to be a pro.

_The Bogey Man_ is also excellent.

gary hayenga

Date: 29 Aug 2006 13:07:15
From: pete z
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

Date: 30 Aug 2006 00:06:46
From: Big_Fan
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

rich wrote:
> "Matthew" <Gratemgl@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1156819648.326973.121720@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> > Hey all -
> >
> > I'm looking for some good golf reads. I will go on Amazon but I thought
> > I'd stop here and ask. Any ideas? Fiction - Non- Fiction, it doesn't
> > matter. Thanks...
>
> Mark Frost's 2 books, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" about Francis Ouimet's
> win at the 1913 US Open and "The Grand Slam" about Bobby Jones are both
> excellent.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FDFWQY/sr=8-4/qid=1156823419/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FDFVYW/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8
>
> Another good one is "Open" by John Feinstein, an inside look at the staging
> of the 2002 US Open at Bethpage Black.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316602574/sr=1-1/qid=1156823627/ref=sr_1_1/103-9865460-4859026?ie=UTF8&s=books
>
> Rich

I have to agree with Rich on all of these. Just read both of Mark
Frost's books and enjoyed them quite a bit. "Open" was a very good
read, as was "A Good Walk Spoiled". All have quite a bit of detail,
which I happen to enjoy. My wife and girls bought me John Daly's and
Peter Jacobsen's books for Fathers Day. Peter's stories are quite
humerous, but I don't think I got too far into Daly's book. Curt
Sampson's book on Hogan was quite good. I thought Tin Cup Dreams (about
Esteban Toledo about five years back) was pretty good as well. I'm
reading Dobson's book on Hogan right now. Just got started.....

Date: 30 Aug 2006 10:33:05
From: Loudon Briggs
Subject: Re: Reading Recommendations

"Big_Fan" <bigpufan@aol.com > wrote:

>9CLIP0

>I thought Tin Cup Dreams (about
>Esteban Toledo about five years back) was pretty good as well. I'm
>reading Dobson's book on Hogan right now. Just got started.....

I enjoyed this one too... found it in a thrift store and Toledo had
autographed it.

One of my favorites is "Rub of the Green" by William Hallberg. Not
exclusively "golf" but more about what the love of golf can
accomplish.

--

Loudon R. Briggs larebe@bbz.net Phoenix, AZ

"How Can You Not Like A Game Where It's Okay To
Get Teed Off, Tote A Six-Iron, Shoot Birdies,
and If You're Under Par It's A Great Day!"

(from "Frank & Ernest" by Bob Thaves -- used with permission)