Bibliomaniac
The lay of the land for any course known to man(kind), that is.
photography by Ryan Kobane
1) Golf Courses Of The World: 365 Days
By: Robert Sidorsky
By: Robert Sidorsky
This dosage of Abrams renowned 365 Days series takes readers and golf enthusiasts alike around the globe, into the nooks and crannies that harbor some of the world’s most desirable courses.
2) You Buy The Peanut Butter, I’ll Get The Bread
By: Kristen Poe Hill & Renee E. Warren
By: Kristen Poe Hill & Renee E. Warren
Two friends candidly account their road to success and their ability to stick together, whether the road was crunchy or smooth. The Green Magazine’s Publisher, Rafael Martinez, gets a glowing nod in this book as well.
3) Tiger Virtues
By: Alex Tresniowski
By: Alex Tresniowski
When Tiger Woods makes the unimaginable, possible, the question arises: How does he do it? Tresniowski compartmentalizes Tiger’s game into 18 ideologies in an attempt to understand one of the greatest golfers to ever live.
4) What’s A Golfer To Do?
By: Ron Kaspriske & the editors at Golf Digest
By: Ron Kaspriske & the editors at Golf Digest
This ‘how-to’ hand book serves as a golfer’s survival guide, dispelling golf’s urban myths while revealing 343 helpful pointers to make it look easy, just like the pros.
5) A.I.M. of Golf: Visual-Imagery Lessons To Improve Every Aspect Of Your Game By: Mitchell Spearman
If seeing is believing, then acclaimed golf instructor, Mitchell Spearman, has hit the nail on the head—literally and figuratively. Armed with fishing poles, telephone booths and a sack of potatoes, Spearman utilizes his A.I.M theory of visual imagery to help golfers ‘get the picture’ for every aspect of the game.
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