[fore_life]

Any suggestions? Im definately getting Hogans "5 Rules" and was thinking about getting Faldos book as well. Any other suggestions that are botha good read and helpful?

[307ThreewoodLefty]

a book i've found more informative on the golf swing than 5 fundamentals is Percy Boomer's On Learning Golf. It is a very old text but the way he approaches the golf swing and explains the fundamentals is way different than any modern era book I've read. By far it is still my favorite book on the golf swing.

[scotchblade]

Raymond Floyds Elements of Scoring
Harvey Penick
Bob Rotella
Every Shot Must Have a Purpose
Joe Parent Zen Golf and Putting
The Stan Utley books
The Dave Pelz books (mild recommendation)

Three putting books I like that you don't hear about much...
Lights Out Putting (Todd Scones)
Mental Art of Putting (Patrick Cohn and Bob Winters)
Become a Putting Machine (Yvon Legault)

And one of my favorites on practicing with lots of drills, or games as author Trent Wearner calls them. Golf Scrimmages: Realistic Practice Games Under Pressure

If at all possible, get used. No need to pay full price when you can get many of these for the price of a Big Mac - or less.

[fore_life]

I went ahead and ordered both I mentioned as well as another copy of Harvey Pinnicks Little Red Book,and I definately bought used. $14 bucks for all 3 shipped!

[beruo]

I know you already picked up a few books, but my suggestions would be:

MUST HAVES:
1) Harvey Pennick's Little Red Book. 'Nuff said.
2) The Game for a Lifetime. Second only to the Little Red Book.
3) And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend. Tied for second with #2.

Entertainment:
1) Anything by Troon McAllister (sequentially: The Green, The Foursome, Scratch, and Barranca). These are great little novels and probably the most entertaining I've come across.
2) The two main books by J. Michael Veron (The Greatest Course That Never Was and The Greatest Player Who Never Lived). Heavy on golf history, but fictionalized stories set around the time of Bobby Jones.
3) A Feel for the Game by Ben Crenshaw. I absolutely love this collabbed autobiography. There's a reason this guy is one of the most respected players in the game.

Practical:
1) Anything by Bob Rotella will probably be Gold.
X) Most others are hit or miss depending on what you're looking for. I think Tour Tempo is great. I like the stuff that Jim Hardy teaches, so like the Plane Truth books (and dvd series). 7 Laws of the Golf Swing is another gem. And I actually like Pelz' Bibles, as long as you can sift through effectively and apply only what matters most to you. YMMV, so good luck.