American Golf Journal July

Book Reviews From Len Ziehm Being a fairly voracious reader, I have contributed book reviews to my social media outlets for several years. I have written about books that I’ve enjoyed on a variety of subjects, but have always restrained from reviewing political books, for obvious reasons. In this review I’m discussing books on one of my favorite topics, golf. There have been several new golf books published recently, many written by golf media colleagues and friends. Arnold Palmer, American Hero No one does coffee table books better than Martin Davis, who had several prominent golf writers contribute to this book. Marino Parascenzo, Jaime Diaz, Adam Schupak, Alex Miceli and Jeff Babineau are just a few of the contributors. Martin has edited, or published 39 golf books, and I particularly enjoyed his book on the Ryder Cup. He is a historian of the game and this latest book is filled with classic pictures of golf’s most charismatic and photogenic player, Arnold Palmer. Coffee table books are, by definition, large and this one may be the biggest in my collection. It’s 370 pages and weighs seven pounds. This book needs to be read at a leisurely pace to savor the memories of this most special individual, who just happens to have been a champion golfer. Life On The Green Ann Liguori’s career has been in sports broadcasting, but she has also been a dominant winner in the International Network of Golf’s annual Media Awards for her writing efforts. Jim Nantz provided a glowing forward for the book. Each of the 12 chapters spotlight a legend of the game from her unique perspective. The subjects

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