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Humor, drama, and history on the links.
By Mark Frost
The David and Goliath story of a match that changed American golf. Francis Ouimet, a young working-class amateur, takes on six-time British Open champion Harry Vardon, the inventor of the modern grip and swing, at the 1913 U.S. Open. The story is anything but predictable, mixing history, biography, and page-turning golf commentary into a seamless whole.
By George Peper and Malcolm Campbell
Filled with magnificent images of 246 of the world's most beautiful links, this volume of photographs is guaranteed to please the eye and inspire putt-lust in the heart of any golfer. But don't be fooled by the sumptuous pictures--woven throughout is a serious examination of the thorny issue of what exactly constitutes a true links course. Sure to inspire debate the next time you tee off.
By John Updike
Updike, a devoted golfer, gathers together 30 favorite pieces on the game from 1959 to 1995: essays both serious and silly, short fiction turning on the game's many frustrations and fleeting moments of elation, and an instruction-book parody. Particularly delicious is a stitched-together trio of golf episodes from his acclaimed Rabbit Angstrom novels.
By Billy Mott
Mott didn't start writing until age 36, but his long experience as a caddy pays off with this tough, mesmerizing, and cliché-free debut novel. A former golf phenom who stopped playing due to a freak accident slowly discovers -- 20 years later -- that he can somehow still swing a club competitively.
The Bogey Man: A Month on the PGA Tour
By George Plimpton
Plimpton spends a month on the professional tour, going up against Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and the imaginary Japanese admirals in his head that kept screaming instructions. Far more impressive, though, is Plimpton's ability to showcase the psychology of the game with highly entertaining, often hilarious honesty.
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