Golf Book Collectors

Any hardcore golf book collectors on here? What is the definition of hardcore? You tend to purchase old out of print golf books. Right now I am focusing on club histories with recent purchases of these courses...

LA Country Club - added

Ocean Forest - added

East Lake - added

Burning Tree

At some point I will add Olympic Club(added),Pine Valley(added), Yeamans Hall(added),and Merion(added). Not to mention some Darwin, Wodehouse, etc.

Any other collectors on here?

Riviera
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LACC
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Ocean Forest
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Added these three last year / all signed

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Henry Cotton / signed / very awesome find and very cheap price too

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Bernard Gallacher / signed / unique look at the War By the Shore

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Mark James / very different look at the Cup

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YES !! I've got a copy of Henry Cotton's This Game of Golf a bio, travelogue. Great pix of Hogan, Nelson, etc taken in 46-47 era. Also Peter Alliss' Open Championship history of Brit Open 1946 thru 1983, I believe.

I have over 850+ golf books on all facets of the game from players autobiographies, to instruction (some from the late 1800 - early 1900), architecture, to golf course history (about 100 different golf/country club books)

Good luck with your quest

Greg

Mocokid - I have that Alliss book signed by him. He has authored several I have gotten and they are good reads. I am working on some John Jacobs signed books now.

Pga43 - architecture is what I will probably get into next. That means locating Tom Doak's book which wont be an easy task.

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Mocokid - I have that Alliss book signed by him. He has authored several I have gotten and they are good reads. I am working on some John Jacobs signed books now.

Pga43 - architecture is what I will probably get into next. That means locating Tom Doak's book which wont be an easy task.
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I got the Daok book when it first came out at cost (not the retail price listed on the book)thru the Golf Shop I ran. Now out of print it goes for $400 - $600 on e bay when they pop up (or at least the ones I've seen)

Crazy crazy but with Pacific Dunes being a masterpiece it will rise more. Is yours the softcover or Sleeping Bear Press edition? From what I can gather they are up there pricewise?

By the way I just got the new Crenshaw book he wrote with Carl Jackson signed by both. An excellent read.

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Mocokid - I have that Alliss book signed by him. He has authored several I have gotten and they are good reads. I am working on some John Jacobs signed books now.

Pga43 - architecture is what I will probably get into next. That means locating Tom Doak's book which wont be an easy task.
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I got the Daok book when it first came out at cost (not the retail price listed on the book)thru the Golf Shop I ran. Now out of print it goes for $400 - $600 on e bay when they pop up (or at least the ones I've seen)
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Which Doak book are you speaking of? I have one. $$$$$$$!!!!!!

those riviera and LACC books look awesome in particular as I'm in LA. I have a small collection of golf books but I'm getting inspired to get more serious with my collection

New additions...
Baltusrol - very good read
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Dawson Taylor's book on the Masters. I like the cover!

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Johnny Revolta's book

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Ben Hogan's Power Golf

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Percy Boomer's book / kind of hard to find

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Ben Crenshaw's new book / read this one in two days / signed by him and Carl

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wf97-I love that Master's cover. I've only started collecting over the last couple years. I love my books though. The Greatest Game ever played, Harvey Penicks little red book, Grand Slam, and my Favorites so far: Afternoons with Mr. Hogan and The Match. I still want the Five Lessons though!

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Mocokid - I have that Alliss book signed by him. He has authored several I have gotten and they are good reads. I am working on some John Jacobs signed books now.

Pga43 - architecture is what I will probably get into next. That means locating Tom Doak's book which wont be an easy task.
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I got the Daok book when it first came out at cost (not the retail price listed on the book)thru the Golf Shop I ran. Now out of print it goes for $400 - $600 on e bay when they pop up (or at least the ones I've seen)
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Which Doak book are you speaking of? I have one. $$$$$$$!!!!!!
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Confidential Guide to Golf Courses by Tom Doak Sleeping Bear Press 1996.

Yeamans Hall Club

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Don't have anything rare but do have quite a few of value to me, at least. Great thread, thanks!

Here's an old Arnie favorite from the 1964 Masters, which he won. They must have given each ANGC member a copy with their name on the cover. It's a large but not thick book.

Those are super rare!

Olympic Club
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Ben Hogan's classic
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Jack Fleck
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Carl Spackler himself, Bill Murray
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In honor of Mickelson's win on a great course...
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Been away from the boards for a long while... here is a post from a while back that I started. Lots of good stuff in there so scroll thru it and you'll see a few photos of my little golf library. I'm sort of changing directions with it a little bit and it's at the beginning of a transition, but you'll get an idea of what's hanging around at my house right now.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/"]http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/[/url]

Cheers,

Drew

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Been away from the boards for a long while... here is a post from a while back that I started. Lots of good stuff in there so scroll thru it and you'll see a few photos of my little golf library. I'm sort of changing directions with it a little bit and it's at the beginning of a transition, but you'll get an idea of what's hanging around at my house right now.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/"]http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/[/url]

Cheers,

Drew
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Superb collection, Six Pints. How long have you been collecting?
Uncle Bob

[quote name='Six Pints' timestamp='1376398276' post='7666646']
Been away from the boards for a long while... here is a post from a while back that I started. Lots of good stuff in there so scroll thru it and you'll see a few photos of my little golf library. I'm sort of changing directions with it a little bit and it's at the beginning of a transition, but you'll get an idea of what's hanging around at my house right now.

[url="http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/"]http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/528097-a-few-photos-for-a-rainy-day-golf-books-in-my-collection/[/url]

Cheers,

Drew
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Awesome thread! Couple questions...
1. Where did you get that book case? I want something similar and Ikea just aint cutting it lol.
2. Any new finds?

A few recent additions...

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Good thread ... Thanks to all the contributors!