Men on the
Bag
The Caddies of Augusta National
By Ward Clayton
The caddies of Augusta National are some of golf's most fascinating characters. They've worked for Presidents, many of the world's most powerful men, and every Masters champion until 1983 when the regular "Tour caddies" took most of their jobs. Their stories reveal a side of golf few have seen and all will enjoy.
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ISBN 1-58726-002-6
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Also available in softcover
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The Golfer's Library
A Reader's Guide to Three Centuries of Golf Literature
By Daniel Wexler
In equal parts a literary overview, book buyer's reference guide, and sampling of the game's vibrant history and flavor, The Golfer's Library profiles 400 of golf's greatest-ever works, from its earliest known writings to the finest volumes of the new millenium. Each entry is examined critically, both for style and content as well as its greater place in golf's historical framework. Full bibliographic data are included, along with information on reprints, availability, and contemporary prices.
ISBN 1-58726-107-3
Retail $24.95
6x9 hardcover
272 pages, illustrations
Such a Little
Secret
By John Barrett
One of the most charming golf books you will read, and one that will undoubtedly help you understand what is necessary to improve your game and lower your scores. Before you can take advantage of today's amazing equipment, before you spend another dollar at the driving range, before you set foot on the first tee again, you must "learn to learn: the essentials of the perfect swing. Simple things. Easy things."
ISBN 1-58726-111-1
Retail $14.95
5x7.125 hardcover
176 pages
Boy's Life of
Bobby Jones
(Portrait of a Champion Series)
By O. B. Keeler
Bobby Jones accomplished something in the sporting world never before done by anyone. He won, in a single year, the four big events in the annuals of golf—The National Amateur, The National Open, the British Open, and British Amateur. Bobby Jones created the Grand Slam of Golf. This achievement crowned many years of top-level playing and, following it, he promptly announced his retirement from competitive golf. Jones later founded the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, which has become one of the game's Major tournaments. This is his story.
ISBN 1-58726-100-6
Retail $17.95
5x7.125 hardcover
176 pages
Sir Walter and Mr.
Jones
Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, and the Rise of American Golf
By Stephen R. Lowe
We're pleased to announce the special 75th Anniversary of the Grand Slam Edition of Sir Walter and Mr. Jones.
Walter Hagen and Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. were the two greatest golfers of the Golden Age of Sports, the 1920s. Both were international sports heroes, and together, they did more than anyone else to establish golf as a popular sport in the United States. Yet their lives could hardly have been more different. In this well-researched biography of both figures, Stephen Lowe tracks the lives and events surrounding these two sporting greats, skillfully weaving their stories into one.
ISBN 1-58726-187-1
Retail $24.95
6x9 hardcover
416 pages
The Walter Hagen Story
By the Haig, Himself
Walter Hagen made himself into the leading golfer of his day and led his fellow professionals out of bondage. He won more than 75 championships and earned more money than anyone thought possible. He gave his victory medals and cups to his friends as souvenirs and spent his winnings on their entertainment. He was one of golf's most infamous characters and his great charm and playing prowess made him headline news wherever he went. Hagen went on to establish the golf manufacturing company that bears his name and was an ambassador of the game throughout his life. Hagen, more than any other golfer, helped golf spread worldwide. This is his story, in his words.
ISBN 1-58726-131-6
Retail $24.95
6x9 hardcover
380 pages, illustrated
Down the Fairway
By Robert T. Jones Jr. and O. B. Keeler
Originally published in 1927, Bobby Jones' Down the Fairway has become what Sports Illustrated calls "an incontestable classic." Part memoir, part golf instructional, part golf history and including wonderful vintage photographs Down the Fairway is a must read for all who care about this most fascinating sport. Amazingly, Bobby Jones, along with sports journalist O.B. Keeler, wrote this book when he was only 24 years old. His thinking was that, having just become the first golfer ever to win both U.S. and British Open titles in one year (1926), he would never perform at such a high level again. It seemed a good time, then, to tell his story.
ISBN 1-58726-112-X
Retail $23.95
5.5x8
296 pages, illustrated
Kiltie the Kingmaker
The Ten Lost Lessons of Bobby Jones's Teacher Stewart Maiden
Sidney Matthew, Editor
Stewart Maiden was affectionately called Kiltie by his friends at East Lake, and he became one of the golfing world's most successful teachers at a time when golf was exploding onto the American sports scene. Maiden's silky smooth golf swing was grounded in the Carnoustie tradition brought to these shores by more than 300 Scotsmen who came to work in the golf industry in the early 1900s. Within three decades of Kiltie arriving at East Lake, three of his students had won national and numerous other championships. His thoughts and techniques on the golf swing produced star pupils like Alexa Stirling Fraser, Perry Adair, Charlie Yates, and, of course, Bob Jones.
ISBN 1-58726-108-1
Retail $19.95
5.5x8.5 hardcover
144 pages
ForeWord Magazine's 2004 Sports Book of the Year
Spirit of Pinehurst
By Lee Pace
The Spirit of Pinehurst is an oversized coffee-table book with elaborate color and vintage photographs of what many consider to be the cradle of American golf. The history, the courses, the championships, and the legendary players are brought to life in what will become one of the most popular golf books on the market during the build-up to the 2005 U.S. Open.
Review: Spirit of Pinehurst
"Sports
Book of the Year" -ForeWord Magazine
ISBN 1-58726-174-X
Retail $45.00
11x8.5 hardcover
310 pages, illustrated
Pinehurst
Golf, History & the Good Life
By Audrey Moriarty
Air fragrant with the pungent scent of pine straw and freshly mown grass. Stately architecture from days gone by. A gently rolling terrain that inspires golfing dreams. Echoes of Richard Tufts, Donald Ross, and Payne Stewart. This is Pinehurst! Almost 100 years ago, when Americans began taking to the road in ever-growing numbers in search of spectacular vacation destinations, Pinehurst, like no other place, made golf the most rapidly growing pastime of the day. With many never-before-published photographs from Tufts Achives, Pinehurst: Golf, History & the Good Life celebrates the community’s place in golf’s Golden Age.
Hardcover
Size: 8 x 10 "
Pages: 168
ISBN: 1-58726-179-0
Price: $26.95
Available: 5/01/05
Fairways of Life
Wisdom and Inspiration from the Greatest Game
By Matthew E. Adams
The game of golf is a great metaphor for the game of life. Fairways of Life will remind you why you love golf and will help you to celebrate each day in a more meaningful way. You will be both inspired and entertrained by this unique collection of stories from the royal and ancient game. The knowledge and experience of some of golf's greatest stars help you learn from many lifetimes of tribulations and triumphs.
From the Foreword by Arnold Palmer:
My dad taught me that I was not the only person to inhabit this earth, and that I should treat everyone with the same respect and dignity with which I hoped they would treat me. He taught me the value of hard work, commitment, dedication, and loyalty. He helped me to see that no man stands alone, and that the day you start to believe that you are better than your fellow man, well, I guess you truly are alone. The game of golf has taught me the value of perseverance and imagination, of having a game plan and knowing who you are. And it has revealed to me more than a lifetime's worth of universal truths.
Matthew Adams is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, a golf television personality, golf equipment expert, and a highly sought after professional speaker. Adams' writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines throughout America, including the Los Angeles Times. Adams can be seen weekly on The Golf Channel in addition to his syndicated product reviews. In addition to writing Fairways of Life, Adams is a coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul of America, which benefited the New York Area Relief Fund; Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, the best-selling NASCAR book of all time, and The NASCAR Xtreme Race Journal for Kids, which was published in 2005.
Visit Author: www.fairwaysoflife.com
Hardcover
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 "
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1-58726-295-9
Price: $24.95
Available: 2/15/06
Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes
A Complete Book of Instruction
By James M. Barnes
1916 & 1919 PGA Champion
Jim Barnes' Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book of Instruction is the first edition in the PGA Home Library. Barnes was one of the best in the game when golf was first developing in America in the early 1900s. The Picture Analysis of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book of Instruction offers some of the first photographs of the golf swing, as well as Barnes' own commentary to help simplify the game. Included in this edition is a foreword by PGA Director of Instruction Rick Martino, one of the foremost instructors in golf.
Hardcover
Size: 8.5 x 11 "
Pages: 264
ISBN: 1-58726-325-4
Price: $34.95
Available: 4/01/06
There are nearly 17,000 golf courses in the United States. Although
only a quarter of them are nine-holerse, it seems as if every golfer has a personal
history on a nine-hole course.
Somewhere along the way, nine-hole courses fell out of favor even though such
legendary layouts as Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas, began as nine-hole
layouts before expanding to eighteen. Some courses, such as Whitinsville in
Central Massachusetts, remain as nine holes, while still others such as Ocean
Links in Rhode Island—maybe the greatest nine holes ever—have
vanished.
Nearly every legendary architect of the Golden Age, MacKenzie, Maxwell, MacDonald,
Ross, and more, all have brilliant nine-holers to their credit.
To the Nines is a book with passion that takes
you from the top of Cape Cod to high atop the Cumberland Plateau in eastern
Tennessee, to the redwood forests of northern California. Along the way you’ll
find out about Katharine Hepburn’s even-par round and the disaster that
followed, listen for the ghosts of Seth Raynor and Francis Ouimet, and journey
to one of the most exclusive clubs in America.
Hardcover
Size: 5.5 x 8.5"
Pages: 160
ISBN: 1-58726-274-6
Price: $24.95
Available: 9/06/06
The Golf Gods: Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Appease
Them
By Robert Brown; illustrated by Roger Schillerstrom
Your ball miraculously skipped across the water and onto the green
or buried under the lip of the bunker. Your best-ever long iron approach shot hit the
flagstick and caromed into a greenside lake. Once you skulled a five iron 30 yards
over the green only to have your ball whack the back of a black SUV and rebound
delicately onto the green for a routine birdie putt. Yes, this is the work of the
Golf Gods.
Since 1822 they have ruled the links. Now we know that 23 gods exist to help any
golfer enjoy the game more if we are only willing to accept their help. Meet Phor,
the first golf god and ruler of all things golf-related; Maat, grand-nephew of
Baccus, governs the 19th hole; Chit, the god of bunkers; Oopmon rules the putter,
and many more "beings" with the intent to make you a better player. They reward
good play, and sometimes even bad.
This is one of the most unique, clever, and entertaining books in the category and
is guaranteed to be a bestseller—through divine intervention, if nothing else!
Hardcover
Size: 5.5 x 8.5"
Pages: 216
ISBN 13: 978-1-58726-451-1
ISBN 10: 1-58726-451-X
Price: $24.95
Available: 4/15/07
12 Myths That Could Wreck Your Golf Game
By Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner
Golf is hard enough, so don't try to play an already difficult
game with equipment that simply will not work for you. This easy-to-read 32 page
book will set you on the right path to understanding how to select golf clubs that
fit your game—and it cuts through the marketing hype that golf manufacturers
bombard you with. It answers important questions such as:
If I have a longer driver will I hit the ball farther?
Are clubs with larger heads better?
Do the newer clubs have a larger sweet spot?
Does a lower loft on my driver help me hit the ball further?
If a club is not a "brand name" does that mean it is junk?
Take sixty minutes to read this book and you'll know where to start when you begin looking for new clubs!
Softcover
Size: 5.5 x 7.5"
Pages: 32
ISBN 10: 1-58726-316-5
Price: $4.95
A Hacker’s Humiliations: A Glossary of Golf Grotesqueries
By Joel Zuckerman
Most of us golf without much ability. Without flair, without confidence, without poise. Our skills are scarce, we lack the knack. But you know what the teeming, tee-box masses do have? Embarrassing moments. By the bushel. For the first time ever, these Hacker’s Humiliations, three dozen in number, are catalogued in alphabetical and chronological order, from the tee to the fairway to the green. Some of them are humorous ("Aquaman," who tumbles in, straining after his Top-Flite, getting drenched in the process, or "Jack the Pants Ripper," who literally comes apart at the seams). Others are horrific ("Rick O’Shea" risks life and limb as he endeavors to avoid a tree limb, or "The Assassin," who inadvertently cold-cocks a playing partner with an errant shot). But most, (the Bunker Chunker, the Yipper, Anna Banana, Off-the-Planet-Janet, etc.) as the title implies, are simply Humiliating.
This glossary of the game’s grotesqueries are not just a problem for the faceless golfers of the world—there are Hacker Hall of Fame Moments within the text, chronicling the unforgettable stumbling of stars through different moments in golf history.
Speaking of golf stars, some of the most recognized names in the game have provided solutions to these various and nefarious Humiliations.
Hardcover
Size: 6 x 8"
Pages: 200
ISBN: 978-1-58726-444-3
Price: $19.95
The Right Sticks
Equipment Myths That Could Wreck Your Golf Game
By Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner
A new book from the best-selling team of Tom Wishon with Tom Grundner, authors of The Search for the Perfect Golf Club and The Search for the Perfect Driver, back-to-back winners of the International Network of Golf’s (ING) Book of the Year Award.
The book is dedicated to making the game of golf more fun for more people—by helping the golfers choose "the right sticks." Wishon and Grundner debunk many myths about golf equipment and lead the reader through the process of arriving at the course with the right tools in their golf bags.
Hardcover
Size: 5.5 x 8.5"
Pages: 144
ISBN: 978-1-58726-498-6
Price: $14.95
Available February 2008
The Vardon Invasion
Harry’s Triumphant 1900 American Tour
By Bob Labbance with Brian Siplo
In 1899, Harry Vardon had a Tiger Woods-type year. The 29-year-old dominated the competitive golf scene in the United Kingdom, winning nearly 75 percent of the challenge matches and professional tournaments in which he participated. Due to this background, the American-based Spalding Company offered Vardon a lucrative endorsement contract and a chance to tour America and display his skills against all the top players of the era in 1900.
Labbance and Siplo have re-created Vardon’s tour along with a portrait of golf in the United States in 1900. Included are many period photographs of both players and venues. In many cases, the reader might exclaim, "They played golf on that?"
Hardcover
Size: 6 x 9"
Pages: 216
ISBN: 978-1-58726-294-4
Price: $26.95
