This Year’s Book Reviews At GolfBlogger

I read a lot of books—not just on golf, but also history, politics, science fiction, fantasy and mystery. In a good year, I probably top a hundred books. But I typically review only the golf ones. Here are a few from the past year.

• Ben Hogan's Short Game Simplified: instruction
• Miracle At Merion: Ben Hogan's 1950 US Open triumph
• How To Line Up Your Fourth Putt: humor
• Freddie and Me: The author's lifelong friendship with the caddymaster at Augusta National
• His Father's Son: Tiger's complex relationship with his father
• To Win and Die In Dixie: A real life mystery about the death of the creator of the modern golf swing
• Opur's Blade: a golf novel full of great characters and depth of story
• Golf Without Fear: Dave Pelz's advice on facing the scariest shots in golf
• Mental Toughness Training For Golf
• Dream Golf: The story of Bandon Dunes
• Cracking The Code: How Paul Azinger won the Ryder Cup
• Golf Sense: Playing golf in the "zone"
• Don't Choke: Advice on golf and life from Gary Player
• Play Golf The Pebble Beach Way: a playing lesson with the pro
• Bad Lies: humor
• Moment of Glory: John Feinstein on the 2003 Major Championship Season
• Straight Down The Middle: The author's quest to improve his golf by improving his spirituality
• Dream On: One man's obsession with breaking par in a year
• First Sunday In April: On The Masters
• Breaking The Slump: Jimmy Roberts on how great players faced their darkest days
• The Kiss That Caused My Slice: Golf Poetry
• Golf Naked: A primer on the non-swinging parts of the golf life