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Golf Collecting and Reference
Antique Golf Collectibles
By Chuck Furjanic
Antique Golf Clubs, Their Restoration and Preservation
By Bob Kuntz
Antique Golf Ball Reference & Price Guide
By Leo M. Kelly Jr.
Collecting Antique Golf Clubs
By Peter Georgiady
Collectible Golf Balls Directory, Folio I and II
By Kevin McGimpsey
Decorative Golf Collectibles
By Shirley and Sprung
The Fascinating World of Golf
By Gary Wiren
The Game of Golf and the Printed Word
By Richard E. Donovan and Rand Jerris
The Story of the Golf Ball
By Kevin McGimpsey
Golf Car Classics – 1949-1969
By Ron Lyons
The Golfer’s Library
By Daniel Wexler
Gilchrist’s Guide to Golf Collectibles
By Roger Gilchrist
Great Golf Collections of the World
Bt Richard McDonough and Peter Georgiady
Miller’s Golf Memorabilia
By Sarah Fabian-Baddiel
Quick Reference Guide to Golf Club Names
By Pete Georgiady and Leo M. Kelly Jr.
Wood Shafted Golf Club Value Guide, 8th Edition
By Peter Georgiady
Golf History
The Architects of Golf
By Geoffrey Cornish and Ronald Whitten
A Hoylake Celebration
By Blyth Bell and Roger Greenway
Design by Chic Harper
Chui Wan – An Ancient Chinese Golf-Like Game
By Anthony Butler, David Hamilton, and John Moffett
The Clubmaker’s Art
By Jeffery Ellis
Doctors of the Game – A History of the Golf Profession
By Dr. Billy Detlaff
Forgotten Greens – The Abandoned Golf Courses of Scotland
By Harry Ward
Gentry Links – The Great Men of ‘The Golfers’
By Alastair Loudon
Golf in the Making
By Ian Henderson and David Stirk
Golf Links – Chay Burgess, Francis Ouimet and the Bringing of Golf to America
By Charles D. burgess
Golf Through the Ages – 600 Years of Golfing Art
By Michael Flannery and Richard Leech
The Great English Golf Boom
By Michael Morrison
St Andrews – In the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris
By Roger McStravick
Stableford – A Life in Golf, Medicine, and War
By Robert Edwards
Golf Literature
The Joyous Spirit of the Game
A Collection of Essays by Bernard Darwin
Edited by Dick Verinder