Golf Books

This really is an attractive volume, and it constitutes a sort of fantasy list of unique golf courses. The author has gone out of his way to avoid many of the "obvious" big name courses that golfers know from televised tournaments. This gives the...
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Notice that the title is not "The Fifty Greatest Golf Courses." My title would be, "Fifty Interesting Places to Play Golf." Whether it's my title or the real title, the emphasis is on "places to play," or "destinations," not golf courses per se....
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Excellent..... its goes beyond golf. My games has improved but more importantly my mental outlook is clearer.
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It's not often I get jealous of other writers, but it's not often that Rick Reillys come along. The umpteen-time Sportswriter of the Year winner graces the back page of Sports Illustrated with slice-of-life gems all the more admirable for the...
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Disappointing. Reilly is a better writer. The book is not so much about caddying, as the title might suggest, as it is a series of lightweight, cliched personality pieces about a variety of golfers, professional and recreational, and...
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I loved John Feinstein's "A Good Walk Spoiled" (although I didn't like his follow-up all that much--"Open--Inside the Ropes at Bethpage) so I think that book set a very high standard for golf books. "Who's Your Caddy" has some terrific chapters...
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This book is awesome! I've got about 15+ golf books/videos and this one tops them all. In literally 45 minutes with a small bucket of balls and a practice green I was hitting 5 out of 7 chips within 2' of the pin from 15-20 yards out. The one's...
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With the author's recognized expertise in the short game area of golf, this book had a lot of potential to be very helpful. Unfortunately, it did not deliver. The book was poorly edited with pictures in the wrong chapters, subsequently not...
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Not very in depth. Pictures do not reveal the secrets of the short game. It is pretty much left to figure out on your own. But then again, that is pretty much what golf is all about.
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Fascinating inside look behind history, players and tales of school where few make it to the big dance, others the smaller one, and still others find something else.

From ball landing at critical point on a discarded divot to a back...
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I was very excited to read this book, but so disappointed in the writting. This author simply repeats the same (very short) q school stories again and again and again. The tales from the golfers are good, but again the author continues to put...
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Tales from Q School has a fundamental flaw that steals most of its potential charm: Mr. Feinstein thinks he is writing Open all over again. That book was horribly flawed by lots of names and mini-biographies about people that few other than...
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This is the first instructional book that is very readable. The book is best read front to back. The pure instructional portion is well thought out, well illustrated, and immediately useful on the golf course.

There was alot of planning...
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David Pelz focuses more on how he came to his conclusions than correct technique. I truly enjoyed Ben Hogan's Fundamentals of Modern Golf with its detailed descriptions of a correct swing. Mr. Pelz spends pages on why the finesse swing is...
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Pelz's method is a little too mechanical. The short game needs good mechanics but with more emphasis on instinct and feel. Pelz's "dead hands" philosophy is not something I want in such a feel-based thing as the short game. You don't have dead or...
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Fifteen Stars! ***************

This is simply the best book to improve your putting that has ever been written. It's a 2,000 percent solution!

I had the pleasure and honor of attending Dave Pelz's short game school a few years ago. I...
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Dave Pelz can sure talk about what's wrong wih the way bad golfers putt, including some pros who don't seem too knowledgable even though they are highly regarded. But when you get down to brass tacks and ask what does Pelz have to say that is...
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this nearly 400 page book is about 50% research, 30% motivational speech and 20% instruction, and most of the 20% instruction are drills we've seen before. although i think the research is important and at many times original, pelz & co need to...
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First and foremost, if you have a golfer you need to buy a gift for, look no more. This is especially true if you want said golfer to go off in a corner and be quiet for a number of days. A Disorderly Compendium of Golf grabs you won't let go. The...
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The only reason I would not give this book a 10 is I have not read all the golf books there are. Gary McCord suggests some other books that I will read in the future. In this book you gain a real desire to take up golf and learn to play...
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I was expecting a book with good helpful tips for learning how to play this game. I tired of reading about all the tournaments the author had been in or who he knew in the golf world. Half the book was wasted on golf information that have no...
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This book (I have the original version) is entertaining and useful in that it includes the whole golfing experience, from selecting clothes to on-course etiquette. But it is not anywhere near the only golf book you'll need. The photography used to...
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You just have to face it, there are some golf courses you're never going to play. Alan Shepard's "course" on the moon probably isn't going to be open for regular play for several years. And the pictures of the Kabul Golf and Country Club, complete...
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If I didn't like '50 Places to Play Golf Before You Die' I'm hardly likely to like this am I?. If Mr Lennard thinks I want to spend a small fortune playing a sport I hate in potentially hazardous conditions then he has another thing coming. The...
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Alice's new autobiography is a sure fire hit. A good balance of Alice history and Alice golf tips to keep both the golfer and non-golfer turning pages. Recommend it as a great summer read.
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