Book  Reviews
 Pops and Sunshine
by Dave Andrews
Pops and Sunshine is a light and compassionate story that will keep you reading until the wee hours of the night. Every emotion will be touched as you read about Lisa Nelson, a 20-year-old professional golfer on the Duramed Futures Tour. Lisa’s father died a year ago, and her mom and two little brothers are home in Tennessee struggling to make ends meet. At a tournament in New Hampshire, Lisa meets Dave Johnson, a well-to-do amateur golfer in his 50’s who lost his wife and daughter in a automobile accident four years earlier. In Lisa, Dave sees his own daughter, who was also a budding young golfer when she died at the age of 16. When Dave learns of Lisa’s dreams and her problems, he takes on her challenge as his own.
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 Venus on the Fairway puts an emphasis on the differences between men and women in golf.
Venus on the Fairway is a refreshing approach to teaching women the game of golf and will most assuredly change the way both men and women look at golf. Debbie aka Venus’ fun approach and creative method of instruction has connected so strongly with so many that she has become the leading teaching guru for women. The book is an extremely easy read with a simple step by step presentation on the fundamentals of the golf swing for women. Debbie emphasizes practical drills that teach women how to “feel” key swing movements
 Venus on the Fringe focuses strictly on mastering the short game, from putting to lob shots.
Venus on the Fringe is filled with straightforward instruction on mastering the all important scoring shots focusing on the fundamentals of putting, chipping, pitching, sand and lob shots. Included with a series of creative drills, techniques are introduced to better your skills and improve your score, all delivered in the unique “Venus” style, with a special mix of wit and wisdom.
 Vol 1- Get Ready to Play is an easy to follow introduction to the game of golf.
Vol 2 – The Full Swing breaks the swing into easy to understand Fundamentals
Vol 3 – The Short Game focuses on the Fundamentals required to better your skills & improve your score.
Golf A to Z
Chris Burnhart
Golf A to Z is an extremely helpful book of golf terminology that is organized into five different sections about the game of golf. The first section is comprised of terms that are helpful to know before you begin play. The final chapter contains golf terms that might be discussed at the 19th hole (in the clubhouse). Written by an well known LPGA teaching provessional, Chris Burnhart is one of six of the LPGA’s national educationl instructors. Golf A to Z will give you all the terms, and jargon you will ever need to talk golf with the best of them. Contemporary Books - www.books.mcgraw-hill.com.
 Rock Solid Golf
by Dana Rader - - - -Forward by Nancy Lopez
Since 1982 Dana Rader has given more than 20,000 lessons. In Rock Solid Golf, Dana shares everything she knows about how to improve your game—in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The book begins with the misconceptions we all learn early on. She does not believe that “one-size-fits-all” when giving advice. What works for one person does not necessarily work for others. Rock Solid Golf leads the reader from the fundamentals of golf through a plan for improvement with commitment, discipline, and patience. This easy to read and understand book has many wonderful photographs and illustrations to help you understand the authors instruction.
Champion In a man's world
The Biography of Marion Hollins by David E. Outerbridge
Marion Hollins was born into a world and a time when women “knew their place.” It was a notion she rejected throughout her tradition-shattering career. David Outerbridge tells the tale of an extraordinary woman who is perhaps the sportswoman of the century. Yet, although she filled the newspapers and magazines of her day, her record of amazing accomplishments is not well known today. Marion Hollins was the United States Women’s Amateur Golf Champion, won the Metropolitan Golf Championship three times, the Long Island Championship twice, and the Pebble Beach Championship an unequalled eight times. She was captain of the first U.S. Curtis Cup team, and led it to a strategic upset victory over Joyce Wethered’s British team. She helped Babe Didrickson and other champions with their nascent games.
She was the greast horsewoman of her generation, and the only woman rated with a man’s handicap in polo. In California, she instituted the annual tournaments at Pebble Beach, and proceeded to set the course record there for women which remained unbroken for 16 years. She was friends with Mary Pickford, Walt Disney, the Vanderbilts, the Crockers, Amelia Earhart, Bobby Jones, and other famous personalities of her day. Marion Hollins is a personification of the great amateur, and a woman who was stopped by no obstacle or convention in achieving what she thought needed to be done.
I’d Rather Be Golfing: A Book of Photographs and Reflections
Edited by John Garrity
Hardcover, 91 pages, $9.95
A collection of evocative photographs and eloquent quotations created especially for busy people who want to vicariously experience the pleasures of this most wonderful of pastimes, golf. Whether stuck in traffic or buried in the boardroom, I’d Rather Be Golfing will transport you to that idyllic golf course where you most want to be.
BALLS!
By Gail W. Braman
When the author tells her retired husband that she does not want him home for lunch, he buys a golf course! Thus begins this non golfer's true story of uprooted suburbanites adjusting to the rural north country of Vermont as golf course owners and learn what really happens behind the scenes through humorous vignettes and anecdotes.
Golf Dirty Tricks: 50 Ways to Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to Victory
by Jim Becker, Andy Mayer & Rick Wolff
Paperback, 105 pages, $8.95
This book is dedicated to golfers everywhere who strive to lower their scores by any means possible. It’s a comical look at mean and dirty ways to trick your opponent so you win no matter what. The book even comes with 8 flat topped tees.
Learning Golf: How to Learn—or Relearn—to Play the Whole Game
by Chuck Hogan
Paperback, 166 pages, $13.00
The author takes readers on a fully illustrated and comprehensive step-by-step tour of all the golf fundamentals including the swing, the short game mechanics, and selecting the right equipment. He reveals keys to playing the game and makes for an easier, more enjoyable, and deeply satisfying golf game.
Golf: A Pop-up Book
by Larry Ross & William Wolff
Hardcover, 11 pages, $3.95
A tiny, fun pop-up golf book. Makes a great gift for the golfer who has everything.
The Good Doctor Returns: Alistair MacKenzie Comes Back to Golf
by Geoff Shackelford
Hardcover, 162 pages, $19.95
In this novel, golf’s elusive and brilliant character, Alister MacKenzie, creator of Augusta National, Royal Melbourne, and Cypress Point, comes back to reveal what he thinks of the state of golf today, and to design one last course. Along the way he confronts modern-day architects, the Augusta National Green Committee, and others to tell them what golf is truly about.
The LPGA: The Unauthorized Version
The History of the Ladies Professional Golf Association
by Liz Kahn - 1996 - $29.95
Group Fore Productions, Menlo Park, CA
It took Liz Kahn 18 years to write this history of the LPGA and her perspective is unique, as she allows the players to tell their own story. A journalist and sportswriter, Liz Kahn has been a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines worldwide. She helped found the Women’s PGA in Europe and was the first woman member and woman captain of the Press Golfing Society in Britain. She has campaigned for women’s equality with her pen for many years.
The Great Women Golfers
Classics of Golf
New York, NY
A collection, with many photographs, of the best writings by and about the finest women golfers of all time, including their historic matches and championships, their thoughts on technique and strategy, and their reflections on the game and their lives.
The Illustrated History of Women’s Golf
by Rhonda Glen - 1991 $34.95
Taylor Publishing
Dallas, Texas
Rhonda Glenn, acclaimed writer and golf broadcaster, has captured the triumphs and tragedies of the most distinctive women in sports. A decade of research, hundreds of interviews, and more than 200 delightful photographs combine to make this book an affectionate, authoritative look at this popular sport - and the remarkable women who have played it.
The Inner Game of Golf
By W. Timothy Gallwey
Random House
An absolute classic about the game within the game. I guarantee this book will help you take your game to a new level.
The Mystery of Golf
by Arnold Haultain - 1965 - $9.95
The Serendipity Press
Applewood Books
Chester, CT
First published in 1908, this is a “brief account of [the game's] origin, antiquity & romance; it uniqueness; its curiousness; and its difficulty; its anatomical, philosophical, and moral properties; together with diverse concepts on other matters to it appertaining.”
To The Linksland
by Michael Bamberger - 1992 - $21
Viking Books
Formerly a reporter at the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Bamberger’s book is a golfing pilgrimage and one man’s quest for improvement. It is a wonderful journey to what “links” us to this grand game.
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