The sport has long inspired great literature—bound to enthrall players and nonplayers alike. Here is a taste of that greatness.

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1. The market for golf-instruction books will likely die a slow death. Who needs a clumsy book when there is so much golf-swing information right on your phone? But this slender, elegant instruction ...

There are golf books and then golf books to read with your child, and the latter is where "The Philly Phenoms" belongs, ...

In Men at Work, George Will observed that “The history of baseball is littered with stories of failures by players who thought that their natural physical endowments would be sufficient.” The previous ...

Shane: Joel, thanks for taking the time today to chat about your excellent new book. Not only is it a phenomenal read, but a timely one. One of the great parts about Rory's Masters win is that it gave ...

In his new book LIV and Let Die, released this week, Alan Shipnuck spends 325 pages telling the story of LIV Golf from its birth to the point in the story some weeks ago when the manuscript was due.

Golf fans tend to forget that, after his electrifying 12-shot victory at the 1997 Masters at age 21, Woods went through a period of retrenchment. He decided that he lacked the precision required to ...