Recommended Reading List
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Follow the Wind
Follow the Wind
by Bo Links
W.P. Kinsella's Shoeless Joe became the film Field of Dreams.  If ever there was a book about golf that rivals that fantasy, this is the one. For an extra treat about Ben Hogan try to catch the Glenn Ford movie Follow the Sun
Golf in the Kingdom
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance became a cult classic for Harley Riders.  This book more than any other explains the mysticism of the golf.  The character of Shivas Irons is Scottish to the core.
To the Linksland
To the Linksland
by Michael Bamburger
True tales of a young man, just married with a decent job, finding his game while caddying on the European Tour and later some out of the way golf courses in Scotland.
The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Legend of Bagger Vance
by Steven Pressfield
This was one of those books that after I read it, I had to tell everybody I knew to read it. 
The Greatest Player 
Who Never Lived
The Greatest Player Who Never Lived
by J. Michael Veron
This book is an adventure in good golf and a good mystery involving a great deal of heretofore unknown information about the great Bobby Jones. 
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings 
from a Lifetime in Golf
The Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf
by Harvey Penick and Bud Shrake
Harvey Penick was a caddy until his death in his 90s.  The teachings of Mr. Penick have influenced thousands among them Tom Kite who dedicated his Masters win to this man. I would also recommend heartily the other books written by Penick.

Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey of a Lifetime
Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey of a Lifetime
by James Dodson
This book is touching, capturing not only the flavor of Scottish golf and the courses, but also the love between a father and son.  Would that we all could be buried in the Road Hole Bunker.